We Are Not Ghouls
Directed byChris James Thompson
Produced byAndrew Swant, Jessica Farrell
StarringYvonne Bradley, Clive Stafford Smith, Darrel Vandeveld, Stephen Grey
CinematographyMichael T. Vollmann, Erik Ljung, Ryan Reeve, Rubin Whitmore II, Quinn Hester
Edited byChris James Thompson
Music byWill Van Boldrik
Production
company
Good Credit Productions
Distributed byGravitas Ventures
Release dates
  • March 12, 2022 (2022-03-12) (SXSW)
  • February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

We Are Not Ghouls is a 2022 documentary film about JAG attorney Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley's work to free Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.[1] The film was directed by Chris James Thompson and is based on the book The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law.[2] The documentary premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in the Documentary Spotlight category.[3] The film then played at the 2022 DOC NYC Film Festival before being released nationally in February 2023.[4]

Synopsis

US Air Force JAG attorney Yvonne Bradley volunteered to defend a man named Binyam Mohamed who was facing a death penalty case at Guantanamo Bay in 2005. Believing the detainees at Guantanamo were “the worst of the worst” in the war on terror, Yvonne's world was turned upside down as she arrived in Cuba and began to untangle an unimaginable case. Spending the next four years battling to uncover the truth, Yvonne's is a captivating story of taking responsibility in the face of corruption at the highest levels of power, and the dangers of choosing to stand up for what you believe in.

Interviewees

Release

The film was acquired for distribution by Gravitas Ventures and was released in February 2023 on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play, and others.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "We Are Not Ghouls — 2022". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Bernstein, Richard (October 6, 2010). "Guantánamo Lawyers Showed Their Moral Fiber". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ Roberts, Jordan (March 23, 2022). "Audience Awards Winners Announced for the 2022 SXSW Film Festival". South by Southwest. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ Morgan, David (November 9, 2022). "DOC NYC documentary film festival returns: Real life on screens and at home". CBS News. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ "We Are Not Ghouls (2023)".
  6. ↑ "Watch We Are Not Ghouls | Prime Video". Amazon.
  7. ↑ "We Are Not Ghouls - Apple TV". February 28, 2023.
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