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Upcoming film recounts Abu Ghraib torture scandal
PHOTO: Abu Ghraib torture stencil, Duncan C, flickr
Abu Ghraib sticks out as one of the most shocking moments of the Iraq War. When pictures of the torture and humiliation that took place at the prison were released in 2004, the world was dumbfounded.
A new film by American filmmaker Errol Morris revisits the incident in a film he has called “non-fiction horror”. The film won the Silver Bear trophy at the Berlin International Film Festival.
In the Al Ahram interview (which was strangely conducted by a former researcher and intern for the film. Slight conflict of interest, perhaps?) Morris recounts how it felt to interview both Americans who were involved in the torture at Abu Ghraib and Iraqis who were subjected to it. There are reenactments spliced into the film and the photographs that first brought the scandal to light are also included.
The film is set to be released in April 2008 in the U.S.
