Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
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| Directed by | Rory Kennedy |
| Produced by | Sheila Nevins Diana Barrett Rory Kennedy Liz Garbus Jack Youngelson Nancy Abraham |
| Written by | Jack Youngelson |
| Music by | Miriam Cutler |
| Cinematography | Tom Hurwitz |
| Edited by | Sari Gilman |
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Release dates
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2007 |
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Running time
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82 min. (Sundance Film Festival) |
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib is a 2007 documentary film, directed by Rory Kennedy, that examines the events of the 2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. The film premiered January 19, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.[1]
The film aired on HBO on February 22, 2007.[2] It was also shown at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival on March 23, 2007 and at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 25, 2007.[3]
Working Films coordinated the US national community engagement campaign with Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. It brought together the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, the American Civil Liberties Union, faith groups, and others to end US policy sanctioning torture.[4]
Critical reception
The film was nominated for 4 Emmys at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Non-Fiction Special, Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming, Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming, and Outstanding Sound Editing for Non-Fiction Programming.[5] It won the award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special.[6]
References
- ↑ http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4649 Retrieved 2007-09-16
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- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912585/releaseinfo Retrieved 2007-09-16
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- ↑ http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php Retrieved 2007-09-16
- ↑ http://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/d6tv/CTA59themmywinners_0.pdf Retrieved 2007-09-16
External links
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Official Website
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib at Working Films
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib at the Iraq Media Action Project
- Profile, from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Ghosts of Abu Ghraib at IMDb
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib at Rotten Tomatoes
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib at Metacritic
- Ghosts of Abu Ghraib at AllMovie
- Mother Jones review of Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
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