Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

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name = Ghosts of Abu Ghraib


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director = Rory Kennedy
producer = Sheila Nevins
Diana Barrett
Rory Kennedy
Liz Garbus
Jack Youngelson
Nancy Abraham
writer = Jack Youngelson
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cinematography = Tom Hurwitz
editing = Sari Gilman
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runtime = 82 min. (Sundance Film Festival)
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amg_id = 1:381462
imdb_id = 0912585

"Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" is a 2007 documentary film directed by Rory Kennedy. It is an examination of the events of the 2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. The film premiered January 19, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. [http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4649 Retrieved 2007-09-16]

The film aired on HBO on February 22, 2007.cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/ghostsofabughraib |title=Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib (HBO) - Reviews from Metacritic |accessdate=2007-09-16 |publisher=Metacritic] 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. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912585/releaseinfo Retrieved 2007-09-16] 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. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/aug/06/voluntarysector]

Critical reception

As of September 16, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 6 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10007795-ghosts_of_abu_ghraib/ |title=Ghosts of Abu Ghraib - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2007-09-16 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 76 out of 100, based on 7 reviews.

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. [http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php Retrieved 2007-09-16] It won the award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special. [http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/crtvarts_wrap.php Retrieved 2007-09-16]

References

External links

* [http://www.ghostsofabughraib.org "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" Official Website]
* [http://www.workingfilms.org/ghostsofabughraib "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib] at [http://www.workingfilms.org Working Films]
* [http://www.iraqmediaactionproject.org/v2/films/goab.html Ghosts of Abu Ghraib] at the [http://www.iraqmediaactionproject.org Iraq Media Action Project]
* [http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4649 Profile] , from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival
*imdb title|id=0912585|title=Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
*rotten-tomatoes|id=10007795-ghosts_of_abu_ghraib|title=Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
* [http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/ghostsofabughraib "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"] at Metacritic
*amg movie|id=1:381462|title=Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
* [http://www.motherjones.com/arts/film/2007/02/Chasing_Ghosts.html "Mother Jones" review of "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"]


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