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| Gitmo - The New Rules of War | 
| Directors: Erik Gandini, Tarik Saleh
Studio: Docurama
Category: DVD
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 94907
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 76 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: NVG-9880
UPC: 767685988039
EAN: 0767685988039
ASIN: B000MKXF1Y
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New DVD from publisher.
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Product Description
Jolting and impossible to ignore this provocative and intelligent expos cuts through the official lies and cover-ups to find out what really goes on at America s central gulag in the war on terror Guantanamo Bay Cuba. GITMO: THE NEW RULES OF WAR is fueled by a jarring globetrotting investigative fury that lends an ear to a fascinating cast of individuals: tortured detainees released from this "island outside the law" retired military officers who oversaw Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and former interrogators familiar with America s torture techniques. Ardently seeking to pierce the veil of secrecy filmmakers Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh initially set out to learn what happened to a single Gitmo detainee--Mehdi a young Muslim from Sweden--but end up scouring the globe for the hard-to-find truth.System Requirements:Run Time: 76 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 767685988039 Manufacturer No: NVG-9880
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 Don't believe that first review! This is a MUST SEE!!! April 24, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This reviewer is probably not who he claims to be as a "lefty liberal", which by the way Democrats do not use as a term to describe themselves, only Neoconservative Republicans use this term to describe Democrats. He claims that "worst thing they ever actually established was done inside Gitmo was 30 below air-conditioning", which is untrue & in fact was not established nor did the filmmakers try to or stand behind. What was established were the many government documents that were released as well as leaked showing the 72 new types of torture, most of which broke the Geneva conventions. What also was established was that the new General of Gitmo, who took over after the old one did not want to break the Geneva conventions, most likely wrote these new 72 ways to torture, since the documents show they were dated two days after he took over Gitmo. Also, ex-general Karpinsky from Abu-Ghraib (which he can not even spell) spoke very bluntly about these things & much more, which this reviewer has also ignored. There was a lot of proof that this documentary that this reviewer calls "snide" has ignored, hmmmm, I wonder why? There are many things that are wrong & untrue in his review, too many to get into here. This reviewer is not a liberal nor a Democrat & certainly isn't telling the truth. Watch the documentary for yourself & then see how accurate his review is. For some reason this reviewer missed all of the facts & it seems most of the points. Gee I have to wonder why his review could be so inaccurate? Hmmmmm.
 Snide and Unconvincing April 10, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really wanted to like this movie. I went into it expecting to like it. I'm a lefty liberal, and I hate that we have a prison camp where people are never charged with a crime, much less brought to trial. However, about the worst thing they ever actually established was done inside Gitmo was 30 below air-conditioning. One of the men interviewed for being wrongfully imprisoned was uncomfortably silent and shifty. Sure, even if he WAS a terrorist he shouldn't have been denied basic human rights, but the documentary manages to be snidely biased, yet detrimental to its own case. Most of the time is spent establishing a link between Gitmo and Abu Graib. Without proving anything. As if it were the issue of most importance here--where it started, not the gross violation of rights. What little substance we know about Gitmo, this film serves only to stir it around a little and blur it.
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