Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

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Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Directed by Rory Kennedy
Produced by Sheila Nevins
Diana Barrett
Rory Kennedy
Liz Garbus
Jack Youngelson
Nancy Abraham
Written by Jack Youngelson
Cinematography Tom Hurwitz
Editing by Sari Gilman
Running time 82 min. (Sundance Film Festival)
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Ghosts of Abu Ghraib is a 2007 documentary film directed by Rory Kennedy. It is an examination of the events of the 2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. The film premiered January 19, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.[1]

The film aired on HBO on February 22, 2007.[2] It was also shown at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival on March 23, 2007 and at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 25, 2007.[3]

[edit] Critical reception

As of September 16, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 6 reviews.[4] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 76 out of 100, based on 7 reviews.[2]

The film was nominated for 4 Emmys at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Non-Fiction Special, Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming, Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming, and Outstanding Sound Editing for Non-Fiction Programming.[5] It won the award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4649 Retrieved 2007-09-16
  2. ^ a b Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib (HBO) - Reviews from Metacritic. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912585/releaseinfo Retrieved 2007-09-16
  4. ^ Ghosts of Abu Ghraib - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.
  5. ^ http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php Retrieved 2007-09-16
  6. ^ http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/crtvarts_wrap.php Retrieved 2007-09-16

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