| DRAMA |
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writers: M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani
Cast: Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 12, 2021 Limited
Runtime: 2h 9m
A defense attorney, her associate and a military prosecutor uncover a far-reaching conspiracy while investigating the case of a suspected 9/11 terrorist imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for six years.
It’s taken years to more thoroughly delve into the decisions made in the aftermath of September 11. The role the U.S. has played in the atrocities lobbied against Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) peoples has rarely been criticized in film, nor have the policies that color George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s presidencies — namely, the continued existence of Guantanamo Bay, the horrific treatment of its hundreds of prisoners, and the fact that many are held there without convictions.
The Mauritanian the political drama directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani, shines a light on all of this by centering longtime Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi. The Mauritanian is an incredibly powerful, poignant, enraging film, one that is uplifted by an incredibly magnetic lead performance by Tahar Rahim.
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