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OATH, THE (2010)

Director:

  Laura Poitras
  

Year Released:

  2010

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Nassar al Bahri
  Salim Hamdan
  Family/Friends
  Journalists
  Military Officials
Movie Haiku:Two Yemenite youth barely out of their teens gravitate to Bin Laden''''''''''''''''s orbit. By the late 90''''''''''''''''s one (al Bahri) is OBL''''''''s bodyguard & the other (Hamdan) is OBL''''''''s driver. Skip ahead to 2008: al Bahri''''''''s a cab driver in Sana''''''''''''''''a; Hamdan''''''''''''''''s stuck in Gitmo. Fascinating parallel storylines with daily life in both places captured in haunting detail.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2010