Film: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (First Prebyterian)*
Posted October 2nd, 2007 by April | Other Human Rights News, West Chester
First Presbyterian Church
Miner and Darlington Streets, West Chester
Oct. 24, 7:30pm
This is not an Amnesty International event, but may be of interest to AI members.
West Chester group member Marlou encourages everyone to go see the film, “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.” For more information about the film, please see the HBO Documentary website.
Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy investigates the psychological and political context surrounding the torture that occurred at Abu Ghraib through interviews with both Iraqi victims and the guards directly involved in the torture at the prison. Through these interviews, the film traces the events and the political and legal precedents that led to the scandal, beginning with the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sep. 11, 2001. “How could ordinary American soldiers come to engage in such monstrous acts?” Kennedy asks. “What policies were put into place that allowed this behavior to flourish while protections granted to prisoners under the Geneva Conventions were ignored?”
Presented by the Chester County Religious Campaign Against Torture.