The Oath

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The Oath premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Excellence in Cinematography Award. Since then The Oath has continued to garner such awards as:True/False Film Festival, True Vision Award, Full Frame, Special Jury Award, Hot Docs, Special Jury Prize – International Feature, Edinburgh Film Festival, Best Documentary Award, Sarasota Film Festival, Best Documentary Award, Boston Independent Film Festival, Best Documentary Award. The film was released in May 2010 by Zeitgeist Films, and had its broadcast premiere on PBS/POV in September 2010.  

The Oath has screened at top film festivals domestically and internationally, including Sundance, Berlinale, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, San Francisco International, Edinburgh, San Sebastian, Vienale, Jerusalem, Abu Dhabi, Hot Docs, Full Frame, True/False, Sheffield, CPH:DOX, and IDFA.

The Oath has recently been nominated for best documentary by the Gotham Awards and the IDA Awards.

 

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Directed by: Laura Poitras

Granted on: 2008-09-01

Grant: I Believe in You Grant

THE OATH tells the story of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay Prison and the first man to face the controversial military tribunals. Filmed in Yemen and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, THE OATH is a family drama about two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a journey that would lead to Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo Bay Prison, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The film begins as Salim Hamdan is set to face war crime charges at Guantanamo, and Abu Jandal is a free man and drives a taxi in Yemen.

We enter the story in a taxicab in Yemen. Here we meet Abu Jandal, the film’s central protagonist, as he transports passengers through the chaotic streets of Yemen’s capital city, Sana’a. Salim Hamdan is the film’s “ghost” protagonist. He was arrested in Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 and taken to Guantanamo. His seven-year captivity at Guantanamo is narrated through his prison letters.

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