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About The Guantanamo Trap

Four lives, irreversibly shattered. This powerful documentary explores the devastating human cost of Guantanamo Bay, following four individuals whose fates became permanently tied to the notorious US detention camp. Director: Thomas Wallner Production companies: T&C Film AG, Zero One Film, Xenophile Media, Amythos Films, Guantanamo Trap Canada Productions (GTCP), Pumpernickel Films Producers: Thomas Kufus, Amit Breuer, Marcel Hoehn, Christoph Jörg Original title: The Guantanamo Trap

The Guantanamo Trap is presented by Best Documentary. Its listed runtime is 91 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, The Guantanamo Trap uses guantanamo as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
The Guantanamo Trap
Category
Society
Runtime
91 minutes
Language
English

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