Based on the actual transcripts
of the Guantanamo Military Tribunals
(aka the Combatant Status Review
Tribunals or CSRTs)
"A brilliant production" - NPR/PRI
"A tight, tense recreation" - The Washington Post
"This movie has achieved in 30 minutes
what I have attempted to achieve over the
last seven years" - Dahlia Lithwick, Slate & Newsweek
THE RESPONSE
. . . is a courtroom drama based on the actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals [officially known as Combatant Status Review Tribunals, or CSRTs]. In the film, three military officers must decide the fate of a suspected enemy combatant. Is he guilty of providing material support to Al Qaeda and responsible for the deaths of several American soldiers? Or is he an innocent victim of circumstances as he claims?
While the officers see the classified evidence, the detainee does not. While the officers know who has accused the detainee, the detainee does not. In response, the government counters that to release such classified information could assist the terrorists and undermine U.S. national security.
For the first time ever, THE RESPONSE holds a mirror up to the tribunals and allows an audience to see and hear for themselves what went on inside Guantanamo. While the three officers and the detainee are fictionalized composite characters, the dramatic situation of the legal process is fully accurate.
The film places the audience inside the tribunal process where they, along with the military tribunal, must decide whether the evidence presented is credible and if the detainee is, indeed, an enemy combatant.
Amnesty International to Sponsor Home Screenings
Amnesty International will coordinate a campaign of screenings of "The Response" in homes across the United States in June, 2010.
See the full description of the Amnesty International "Counter Terror With Justice" campaign of home screenings of "The Response" for details.
"The Response" to Screen for Members of Congress
"The Response" will screen for members of Congress at the Capitol on June 30, 2010.
Two screenings will take place that day: the first at 4:00 p.m. on Capitol Hill, and the second at 6:30 p.m. at George Washington University.
Panelists will include Peter Reigert, Kate Mulgrew, Aasif Mandvi, Sig Libowitz, Adam Rodgers, Admiral Donald Guter (ret.), Former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy, President and Dean of the South Texas College of Law, Gary Isaac, Esq., David Rittgers of the Cato Institute, Tom Wilner, Esq., and the moderator will be Dan Froomkin.
See the full event description of the Congressional screening of "The Response" for details.
