The Road to Guantanamo
“How far will we go in the name of security?”
2006 · 1 h 35 min
Directed by 
Michael Winterbottom
Michael WinterbottomCast
Riz Ahmed Farhad Harun Waqar Siddiqui Arfan Usman Shahid Iqbal Sher Khan
Plot
Three young British Muslims from Tipton travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001, are captured and spend two years in Guantánamo Bay, in a docudrama mixing interviews and reconstruction.
Sinekatalog’s take
A harrowing and angry docudrama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (11,728 votes)
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