Cinema Libre Studios and Bayview Entertainment will be premiering the visceral and disturbing real-life drama I Am Gitmo theatrically on April 26, 2024, in New York City. The film will premiere in Los Angeles on May 3rd followed by additional markets in the following weeks.
Written and directed by Philippe Diaz (The End of Poverty?, Now and Later) and inspired by the declassified legal hearings of earlier detainees, I AM GITMO takes place in 2002 and revolves around Gamel Sadek, an Egyptian man living in Afghanistan with his family, who is sold for a CIA bounty and forcibly brought to Bagram Air Base under suspicion of terrorism. The film stars Sammy Sheik, Eric Pierpoint, Paul Kampf, Sean O’Bryan, Hamzah Saman, Chico Brown, Kent Harper, and Iyad Hajjaj.
GVN has been provided with an exclusive clip from the new film ahead of its debut which you can find below:
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Synopsis: Following the events of 9/11, a schoolteacher in Afghanistan is arrested under suspicion of terrorism, and brought to Guantanamo Bay where he’s subjected to relentless interrogation and torture in I AM GITMO, a stark, powerful and disturbing drama based on real events. Winner of a Jury Special Award at the 11th Annual Socially Relevant Film Festival and nominated for Best Film and Best Director at Spain’s Marbella Film Festival, it opens theatrically on April 26 as pressure ramps up for Gitmo’s eventual closure.
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