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Starring: Salim Hamdan, Abu Jandal
Director(s): Laura Poitras
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
IMDB Rating: 6.9 out of 10 (257 votes)
Tells the story of two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 911, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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proud_father2002 (24 May 2012)
Poitras a director with something to say - nuanced, deep & complex
Laura Poitras has crafted a brilliant piece of film that tells thecomplex and many faceted story of the film's 2 central characters.Frankly I was shocked to see such a layered, nuanced and complex filmfrom an American filmmaker; as opposed to the flaccid, sterile onedimensional pablum be usually see from American media; there is nosubject so important to mankind that we can't dumb down into 30 minutesof Melba toast.Although the story itself is deep, shocking and sad on so many levels... I felt strangely uplifted at the end.Encouraged that there are still filmmakers out there willing to gobeyond the simplistic and pathetically uninformed fabrications ofevents from a very narrow good or bad points of view. To get to thedark, complex underbelly of events where things are not as crisp andclean and clear as we would like, but far more relevant and important.We felt compassion for the former body guard/cab driver for thepredicament he is now in, clearly a man who wanted to do what he feltwas right and to stick to his word that he told The Dialogue he would.Well done, I will seek out t her work in the future. Whether or not Iwill agree or disagree with her position I do not know, but I know Iwill like how she gets us there.
Avery Hudson (24 May 2012)
In The Oath, American director Laura Poitras tells Salim Hamdan's story largely from the perspective of his friend Nasser al-Bahri, a.k.a. Abu Jandal.
In The Oath, American director Laura Poitras tells Salim Hamdan's storylargely from the perspective of his friend Nasser al-Bahri, a.k.a. AbuJandal. A taxi driver in Yemen's capital city of Sana'a, Jandal is aformer member of al Qaeda, chief bodyguard of Osama bin Laden, and"guesthouse emir" in charge of new arrivals to bin Laden's camp inAfghanistan. It was Hamdan's fateful association with Jandal that sethim on the course that eventually placed him in the middle of America'sWar on Terror.Abu Jandal was dedicated to the protection of Osama bin Laden and tothe reliability of new arrivals to bin Laden's Afghanistan trainingcamp, including many if not all of the 9/11 highjackers. On the day ofthe 9/11 attacks, Jandal was in a Yemeni prison where he was indialogue with a state-sponsored religious committee formed to engagewith extremist fundamentalists.After the 9/11 attacks, Jandal identified many of the hijackers to FBIagent Ali Soufan and became a significant source to link the attacks toal Qaeda. He was later freed from custody, and found work as a taxidriver.For The Oath, Poitras interviewed Jandal, followed him to meetings withYemeni youths, and joined him in quality time with his young son. Sheplaced a video camera on the dashboard of his taxi to record hisobservations and encounters with passengers during his work day.The Oath grants us an extraordinary perspective on al Qaeda'smanagement and leadership. Most importantly, the film introduces us tothe human beings who are our enemies and the unfortunate souls who getcaught in the undertow of conflict.Salim Hamdan is the silent protagonist at the heart of the film,represented by a voice-over reading from his letters home while captivein Guantánamo, a grainy video of his first interrogation, a recordingtaken by ABC's John Miller while Hamdan drove Miller to an interviewwith bin Laden, and a report from Hamdan's military trial.The Oath is the second documentary in a trilogy Poitras is developingabout post-9/11 America. The first, My Country, My Country, tells thestory of the U.S. occupation of Iraq from the perspective of an Iraqidoctor. A planned third film will focus on the 9/11 trials.
Viejose (20 May 2012)
Most viewers will never understand enough of this picture to form an opinion. . . .
Sadly, once again, we are confronted with a film crafted by a directorwho loses sight of the most important consideration: what does theviewer see? Story line, audio levels, camera angles, editingconsiderations are trivial details if the viewer has no way ofunderstanding what is being spoken. This movie is spoken in Arabic,with English subtitles. The problem is that the subtitles of thetranslated Arabic are one quarter of the size of the subtitles of theSDH English subtitles. And, if that weren't bad enough, the subtitlesare in white, often white on white, nearly impossible to read. Andabsolutely impossible to read at the speed necessary to keep up withthe rapid dialogue and the rapidly changing subtitles. I was so lookingforward to hearing what these Al Qaeda members had to say. It's too badthat the director wasn't sufficiently interested in allowing me thatopportunity.
(20 May 2012)
They Worked for Bin Laden
Not a dramatic re-enactment, but a skillfully done and even-handed documentary with interviews focusing on the trials and tribulations of Osama Bin Laden's personal driver and ex-bodyguard. The former is shown living in Yemen and working as a self-employed taxi driver after attending a government anti-jihadist re-education program,. The latter is depicted as detained on shaky legal grounds at Guantanamo and fighting for his release. Very interesting and rarely seen street scenes of Yemen. Also includes extensive interviews with the protagonists and their family members, as well as with legal and religious officials. This film was completed before Bin Laden was killed, which gives the viewer a unique perspective for interpreting its significance.
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