Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr

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Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr

2015

1h 20m

Biography

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After he is freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Omar Khadr tells his story.

Marsha Lederman

Globe and Mail

02/19/2016

3/4

For viewers with minds made up about Omar Khadr, who see him as a terrorist who should be locked away, this documentary may make for uncomfortable viewing.

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Bruce DeMara

Toronto Star

02/18/2016

3.5/4

You will weep with sorrow, rage and finally with a sense of hope at the indomitability of the human spirit.

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

02/26/2021

Whatever the serious weaknesses of Guantanamo's Child, the majority of the film is devoted to allowing Omar to speak openly about his past and present condition-unusual in the pro-war media propaganda world.

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David Berry

National Post

02/20/2016

3/4

Reed and Shepherd do a reasonable job of injecting some level of balance into their straightforward retelling.

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

02/17/2016

4/5

The result is a complex, nuanced and surprisingly affecting documentary that's bound to be denounced as propaganda by people who haven't watched it.

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05/02/2016

Watch this and reflect on the lies our governments tell us, .

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After he is freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Omar Khadr tells his story.

Director: Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard
Producer: Michelle Shephard
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 20m