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The Oath is a 2010 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras. It tells the cross-cut tale of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose meeting launched them on juxtaposed paths to al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, the September 11 attacks, US military tribunals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Filmed in Yemen and Guantanamo Bay, THE OATH tells the story of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay Prison and the first man to face the controversial military commissions. We enter the story in a taxicab in Yemen.
Directed by Laura Poitras. Crew: Camera (color, DV), Kirsten Johnson, Poitras; editor, Jonathan Oppenheim; music, Osvaldo Golijov; sound (Dolby Digital); sound designer, Damian Volpe.
Laura Poitras. Director. Salim Hamdan. Actor. Abu Jandal. Actor. Troy Lebane. Actor. Nasser Arrabyee. Producer. Aliza Kaplan. Producer. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With...
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- Salim Hamdan, Abu Jandal, Troy Lebane
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Directed by Laura Poitras (Flag Wars, POV 2003; the Oscar®-nominated My Country, My Country, POV 2006), The Oath unfolds in a narrative structure filled with plot reversals and betrayals,...
Jan 6, 2010 · Director Laura Poitras’ documentary “ The Oath ” is the second installment in a planned trilogy that includes her previous film “My Country, My Country” (2006), which was nominated for an...
Filmed over two years in Yemen, The Oath is an extraordinary portrait of Nasser al-Bahri, who adopted the nom de guerre Abu Jandal when he worked as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard and as the “Emir...
