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Tonight’s Film: You Don’t Like The Truth With Special Guests Luc Cote and Patricio Henriquez

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February 23  |  2011 Film Festival, HRWFF Special Guests, News, You Don't Like The Truth  |   julie

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Directors Luc Côté and Patricio Henríquez are joined by the Toronto Star‘s National Security Reporter, Michelle Shephard, and Human Rights Watch, Senior Counsel on Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Andrea Prasow, for tonight’s screening of You Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days In Guantanamo.

The film documents the bungled interrogation of child soldier, Omar Khadr, at the hands of Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) in Guantánamo Bay. Côté and Henríquez got access to seven hours of video footage shot during the four-day interrogation, which they transcribed and ultimately used as the base for their documentary.

“I don’t know if he killed that soldier, and I don’t know what I would have done in his situation,” says Henríquez. “But he was 15 years old at the time. According to the international convention Canada has signed, he is a child soldier and needs to be protected.”

Award-winning journalist Michelle Shephard is the author of Guantanamo’s Child, which chronicles the life of Omar Khadr.

To purchase tickets for tonight’s screening of You Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days In Guantanamo phone 416-599-TIFF (8433) or 1-888-599-8433. Tickets can also be purchased, in person, at TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, Toronto.

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Trailer: You Don’t Like The Truth

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February 17  |  2011 Film Festival, You Don't Like The Truth  |   julie

The documentary You Don’t Like the Truth brings the original footage of a four-day interrogation of Omar Khadr by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to the attention of the wider public.

Born in Toronto, Omar Khadr was 15 years old when he was taken prisoner by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Captured in battle and severely wounded he was taken to Bagram Air Force base where he was interrogated and tortured. On October 2002, he was sent to the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

The footage — obtained under a Supreme Court of Canada order — is interspersed with interviews of associates, most notably Khadr’s former cellmates, his Canadian attorneys, the former American soldier Damien Calotti (who was charged with prisoner abuse at the Bagram camp), and Toronto Star reporter Michelle Shephard.

Many more get a chance to speak, creating a well-rounded picture of the Scarborough-born Omar Khadr’s background, the conditions at Guantanamo, and the neglect he has experienced at the hand of the Canadian government.

The film won the Special Jury Award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Festival (IDFA) and has been selected in the Best Documentary category at both the Jutra Awards (Quebec) and the Genie Awards (Canada).

You Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days In Guantanamo screens Thursday, February 24, 2011, 8 PM, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3.

To purchase tickets, visit the TIFF Online Box Office or phone 416-599-TIFF (8433) or 1-888-599-8433. Tickets can also be purchased, in person, at TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, Toronto.

Filmmakers Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.

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Video: Dennis Edney, Lawyer For Omar Khadr

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February 17  |  2011 Film Festival, You Don't Like The Truth  |   julie

An impassioned speech by Dennis Edney, the lawyer for Omar Khadr, given at le Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal on October 14th, 2010, following the premiere of You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo.

You Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days In Guantanamo screens Thursday, February 24, 2011, 8 PM, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3.

To purchase tickets, visit the TIFF Online Box Office or phone 416-599-TIFF (8433) or 1-888-599-8433. Tickets can also be purchased, in person, at TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, Toronto.

Filmmakers Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.

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Sunday, March 1st – Under Rich Earth

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February 28  |  Under Rich Earth  |   julie

 

 
Under Rich Earth tells of an extraordinary and overlooked collision between the global mining corporation Ascendent Copper and the rural families of Ecuador’s Intag Valley. Directed by Malcom Rogge, the documentary had its world premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Real to Reel Program.
 
Under Rich Earth screens Sunday, March 1st,  7 PM, at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario. Director Malcom Rogge will be the Guest Speaker for the evening.
 
For additional information on public policy and mining practices, visit MiningWatch.
 

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Guantanamo: Time for Canada to Act. Panel Discussion

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June 6  |  News  |   julie

michelle shephard
Human Rights Watch Toronto Network
presents a panel discussion on Guantanamo Bay and Canada’s role in protecting the Guantanamo detainees, Thursday, June 26, 2008, 7 PM, in the Debate Room, Hart House, University of Toronto (7 Hart House Circle).

Confirmed Speakers include Michelle Shephard (pictured above at a book signing), National Security Reporter for The Toronto Star and author of Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr, and Julia Hall, Senior Counsel, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program, Human Rights Watch. Moderator for the evening is Ziyaad Mia, a practicing lawyer and member of the Advocacy Committee, Human Rights Watch Canada.

This free event is sponsored by the Canadian Council on America-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) and Human Rights Watch Canada.

For more information about the event, e-mail hrwtorontonetwork@gmail.com.

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