The Road to Guantanamo Page #2

Synopsis: In 2001, four Pakistani Britons, Ruhal Ahmed, Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul and another friend, Monir, travel to Pakistan for a wedding and in a urge of idealism, decide to see the situation of war torn Afganistan which is being bombed by the American forces in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Once there, with the loss of Monir in the wartime chaos, they are captured by Northern Alliance fighters. They are then handed them over the American forces who transport them to the prison camps at the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba. What follows is three years of relentless imprisonment, interrogations and torture to make them submit to blatantly wrong confessions to being terrorists. In the midst of this abuse, the three struggle to keep their spirits up in that face of this grave injustice.
Production: Roadside Attractions
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
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Year:
2006
95 min
£221,178
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Why are you making noise?

I feel like sh*t, man.

Oi...Look at them naans.

F***ing big.

- Yeah, they're massive.

- We'll get two.

Give me some.

Kandahar in the south of Afghanistan.

The Taliban heartland.

These pictures from Al-Jazeera show

support for the Taliban...

...seems still strong here despite

American bombing.

Long live Osama Bin Laden!

We just spent one day in Kandahar and

then we left for Kabul.

The journey to Kabul was terrible.

Just go to sleep.

By the time you wake up, we'll be there.

Can we stop? He's really sick.

No, we're not stopping.

How far is it to Kabul?

Ten to twelve hours away.

Are you okay?

You're fine. Don't worry so much.

There's nothing wrong with you.

Tell him to shut up, man, Asif, man

Pull yourself together.

- Is he hot, man?

- Tell him to shut the f*** up, man.

We'll stop a few minutes.

US bombing raids continue

around the clock...

...attacking Taliban tanks and trenches

north of Kabul.

We stayed in Kabul for about

two and a half weeks.

(RUHEL):
Wait, I want to buy some...

- Let's get out of here before we get mobbed.

SHAFIQ:
(MUMBLES) - Mad f***ing sh*t, man.

Do you want a bite,man? Do you want a bite?

It stinks.

It's just like spices and sh*t, man.

(RUHEL) Enough of that sh*t, yeah?

He went that bad in Afghanistan that I

thought he was gonna die.

- How are you feeling?

- I'm cold, man.

Put your head up, man. Put your head up.

- This bread is sh*t.

- Better than nothing.

You know the stuffed crust pizzas...

...with the melted cheese in the crust,man.

I think the naan's getting to you.

What's wrong? What's wrong?

Go on, eat it like a...

Eye witnesses are describing the latest

American raids on Afghanistan

...as the heaviest bombardment so far.

Once again the capital Kabul is bearing the

brunt of the attacks.

Residents have described wave upon wave

of aircraft...

...an a huge fire out near the city's airport.

We were basically just chilling out.

And we were just getting pissed off because

we're not doing anything.

This is not what we came for.

Salam Alecum Do you speak Urdu?

Is Sher Khan here?

We want to talk about something.

We want to go back to Pakistan.

Why?

We're not doing anything here.

We're not helping, just lying around.

Can you arrange something for us?

Okay, I'll sort out a car for you.

Really?

Yes, no problem.

- What did he say?

- He'll sort out the car into Pakistan.

- Sure. Yeah.

For the first time bombs landed in the centre

of the Afghan capital.

This is said to be a residential area.

No deaths were claimed here, but the

Taliban say 15 people were killed...

...when a missile struck a mosque in Jalalabad.

-Is this going to Pakistan?

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