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Detainee 001

Detainee 001

2021Movie⏱️ 1h 25m
Documentary
6.3
IMDB Rating
213 votes

After 9/11, attention riveted on the capture of John Walker Lindh, known as "the American Taliban." Explore how America grapples with justice in the fog of war and how narratives are built and destroyed in the aftermath of battle.

Director
Greg Barker
Writers
N/A
Stars
Geoffrey Blake, Andy Milder, William Barker
Release Date
September 10, 2021
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Geoffrey Blake
Geoffrey Blake
as Self - Judge T.S. Ellis
Andy Milder
Andy Milder
as Self - James Brosnahan
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William Barker
as Self - John Walker Lindh

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Ventureland

🏷️ Keywords

americanjustice

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Interesting but failed documentary
by petertdoheny-256612025-01-01
6/10

"Never gives us anything at all about him other than the actual footage at his time of capture and lots of typical American outrage, which is tempered by the numerous legal failures after his capture. If you're old enough to remember post 9/11 you will also no doubt conveniently forget how all the rules went out of the window as the Cheney / Rumsfeld circus ramped up. Bush was really a puppet in all that, but the fact that neither of those two have ever since been tried for war crimes tells us everything. Lastly, the inclusion of so much of Spahn's daughter is just wasted footage. H..."

📖 Synopsis

After 9/11, attention riveted on the capture of John Walker Lindh, known as "the American Taliban." Explore how America grapples with justice in the fog of war and how narratives are built and destroyed in the aftermath of battle.