The Road To Guantanamo

Countering the Bush administration's policy that what happens at Gitmo stays at Gitmo, Michael Winterbottom's bold docudrama about the so-called Tipton Three — a trio of English lads of Pakistani descent who found themselves prisoners of the U.S. government at the infamous detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — questions the efficacy and, above all, the humanity of what even steadfast Bush supporters like Tony Blair have condemned. In September, 2001, 19-year-old Ruhal Ahmed (played here by Farhad Harun), 23-year-old Shafiq Rasul (Riz Ahmed) and 19-Asif Iqbal (Afran Usman) traveled with their 22-year-old friend Monir Ali (Waqar Siddiqui) to Faisalabad, Pakistan, t...