Guantanamo's Child

Guantanamo's Child
Directed byPatrick Reed
Michelle Shephard (co-director)[1]
Written byMichelle Shephard
Produced byPatrick Reed
Michelle Shephard
Peter Raymont
StarringOmar Khadr
Dennis Edney[2]
CinematographyJohn Westheuser
Edited byCathy Gulkin[1]
Music byMark Korven
Production
company
White Pine Pictures[1]
Distributed byAl Jazeera English
Release date
  • September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14) (TIFF)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Guantanamo's Child is a 2015 Canadian documentary film.[3] Directed by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard based on Shephard's 2009 book Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr, the film profiles Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen whose conviction on disputed war crimes charges and incarceration at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has been a prominent political issue in Canada.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "GuantanamosChild Press Kit" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ^ Stephen Hunt (26 September 2015). "CIFF: Guantanamo's Child features first interview with Omar Khadr". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr (programme note)". Toronto International Film Festival. 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "'Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr' Set To Make Its World Premiere At TIFF". ET Canada, August 5, 2015.