The Road to Guantanamo

The Road to Guantanamo

Cast and Crew Information

Cast

Asif Iqbal
played by Afran Usman
Ruhel
played by Farhad Haran
Shafiq
played by Riz Ahmed
Zahid
played by Shahid Iqbal
Monir
played by Waqar Siddiqui
Road to Guantanamo

The feature-length factual drama from award-winning film director Michael Winterbottom created huge international impact and won the prestigious Silver Bear at The 56th Berlin International Film Festival.

The Road to Guantanamo is based on first-hand interviews with the Tipton Three, the three male British prisoners released in spring of last year from Guantanamo Bay, and was filmed in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The film tells the story of four friends who set off from Tipton, their West Midlands home town, in September 2001 for a wedding and a holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later three of them returned home, after spending more than two years imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.

Their epic journey is told through a mixture of interviews, archive and recreation of their story, as the men go from the safety of their small-town teenage existence to the heart of the 'war on terror'.

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