3 ms·
This whole story is just disgraceful. And while there are definitely understandable concerns about interviewing a basically imprisoned population, 1. the fact
by addicted 4y ago
This whole story is just disgraceful.
And while there are definitely understandable concerns about interviewing a basically imprisoned population, 1. the fact that only a handful of prisoners opted to speak while the rest declined shows that they did have at least some degree of choice, and 2. the viewer can balance what the documentary presents against the circumstances in which it was created.
Considering the actual content of the documentary it’s hard to see how else this story could be told.
Finally, I thought we were past the whole “only people of a community can make stories about that community” thing. It would be one thing if someone with a similar background had stayed in the facility for a year and also made an equivalent story. Arguably they should get higher weight. But no one else did. This story is not displacing anyone else. In its absence all we have is a vacuum.
- tomrod 4y agoI'd heard the interview subjects were interviewed under false pretenses. Is this not the case?
- dymk 4y agoWhere'd you hear that?
- tomrod 4y ago> Another man said that he had explicitly told the film-maker that he did not want to be featured in the film but his wishes had been disregarded. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/29/jihad-rehab-former-guantanamo-prisoners-call-for-documentary-to-be-withdrawn https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2022/j...
- dnissley 4y agoWhere did you hear that?
- tomrod 4y agohttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/29/jihad-rehab-former-guantanamo-prisoners-call-for-documentary-to-be-withdrawn https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2022/j...