Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr
Examines the case of Omar Khadr, a Toronto-born teen captured in Afghanistan by U.S. forces in 2002 and branded by some as a child soldier and accused by many others of being a terrorist and murderer.
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This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Views expressed in this film of course include Omar himself, his lawyer, his interrogators and even his captor's statements are included.What I liked too was that the incredible amount of nonsense spoken by so many people who know absolutely nothing about this case was kept to a minimum.Demonstrated time and again was the enormous compassion and patience of his lawyer against such insurmountable obstacles. Very interesting too is the change of attitude many individuals have had who were looking at Omar from the other side of the bars and a self examination of themselves in the years afterwards.Well done.Thank you for bringing it to tiff.Hopefully one day soon Omar will be able to bask in the warm waves of emotion generated from this film.I wish that millions of Canadians can see it before the upcoming election.