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Uyghurs : Prisoners of the Absurd

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October 2001: as U.S.-led forces invade Afghanistan in search of Osama Bin Laden, 22 men from China's Uyghur minority happen to be in the country. These Turkish-speaking Muslims are fleeing the repressive authorities in Beijing, who view them as terrorists. Trapped by issues that don't concern them, the refugees are sold to the U.S. forces and held illegally at Guantánamo for 11 long years, though they represent no threat. Edited like a thriller, with multiple twists and turns, this film charts the fascinating, painful odyssey of three of these victims of the "war on terror" and the economic war between the United States and China. This incredible tale is both thought-provoking and moving, with absurdist overtones-another politically engaged, humanist documentary from Patricio Henríquez (Under the Hood: A Voyage into the World of Torture and You Don't Like the Truth).

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Agency:.Produced by Macumba Média Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
Agency - French program:.Québec Studio.

Credit Note

Writer, Patricio Henríquez ; director, Patricio Henríquez ; producer, Patricio Henríquez, Colette Loumède ; creative content producer, Michelle Shephard ; editor, Andrea Henriquez ; cinematography, Sylvestre Guidi, Patricio Henríquez ; sound recording, Karim Amin, Luc Côté ; research, Michelle Shephard, Françoise Guénette, Luc Côté, Patricio Henríquez ; animation, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Brigitte Archambault ; original music, Robert Marcel Lepage, Nicolas Borycki ; sound editing, Claude Langlois, Mélanie Gauthier ; mix, Richard Pelletier, Serge Boivin ; music editing, Nicolas Borycki ; music recording, Nicolas Borycki ; archives research, Jenny Cartwright ; technical director, Denis Boisvert ; executive producer, Colette Loumède.

Performer Note

Narration, Dennis Trudeau.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2015.

Summary

October 2001: as U.S.-led forces invade Afghanistan in search of Osama Bin Laden, 22 men from China's Uyghur minority happen to be in the country. These Turkish-speaking Muslims are fleeing the repressive authorities in Beijing, who view them as terrorists. Trapped by issues that don't concern them, the refugees are sold to the U.S. forces and held illegally at Guantánamo for 11 long years, though they represent no threat. Edited like a thriller, with multiple twists and turns, this film charts the fascinating, painful odyssey of three of these victims of the "war on terror" and the economic war between the United States and China. This incredible tale is both thought-provoking and moving, with absurdist overtones-another politically engaged, humanist documentary from Patricio Henríquez (Under the Hood: A Voyage into the World of Torture and You Don't Like the Truth).

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).