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ZERO DARK THIRTY

August 5, 2015 By Leave a Comment

ZERO DARK THIRTY

ZERO DARK THIRTY starts, tellingly, with a dark screen and audio clips from 9/11. Air traffic control chatter, 911 calls, and the anguished, astonished voices of people who have no frame of reference for what is happening to and around them. In doing so, the film compels the viewer to relive that day not with… Read More »

Tagged With: 9/11, Al Qaeda, based on a true story, CIA, covert operations, Jessica Chastain, Kathryn Bigelow, narrative, Navy SEALS, Osama Bin Ladin

Laura Poitras Takes THE OATH

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Laura Poitras Takes THE OATH

Laura Poitras spent two years in Yemen shooting footage for THE OATH. What began as an investigation into the military prison at Guantanamo Bay became instead a remarkable portrait of two brothers-in-law and their separate journeys in the wake of the American invasion of Afghanistan. Abu Jandal, now a Yemeni taxi driver, was bin Ladin’s… Read More »

Tagged With: 9/11, Abu Jandal, cinema, documentary, fluency in Arabic, Guantanamo, Laura Poitras, military tribunal, movie, Osama Bin Ladin, politics, Salim Hamdan, Supreme Court, THE OATH, Yemen

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