This feature documentary recounts the incredible odyssey of 22 men from China\u2019s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guant\u00e1namo as terrorists. These Turkic-speaking Muslims, persecuted by the authorities in Beijing, escaped to the Middle East where they were captured and sold as terrorists to the American forces. From northern China to Guant\u00e1namo, Cuba, this new documentary by Patricio Henr\u00edquez charts the incredible odyssey of three of these \u201cprisoners of the absurd,\u201d linked to worldwide terror networks through no fault of their own.<\/p>\n
October 2001: as U.S.-led forces invade Afghanistan in search of Osama Bin Laden, 22 men from China\u2019s Uyghur minority happen to be in the country. These Turkish-speaking Muslims are fleeing the repressive authorities in Beijing, who view them as terrorists. Trapped by issues that don\u2019t concern them, the refugees are sold to the U.S. forces and held illegally at Guant\u00e1namo for 11 long years, though they represent no threat. Edited like a thriller, with multiple twists and turns, this film charts the fascinating, painful odyssey of three of these victims of the \u201cwar on terror\u201d and the economic war between the United States and China. This incredible tale is both thought-provoking and moving, with absurdist overtones\u2014another politically engaged, humanist documentary from Patricio Henr\u00edquez (Under the Hood: A Voyage into the World of Torture<\/em> and You Don\u2019t Like the Truth<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14060,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"languages":[1463],"countries":[742],"film_categories":[],"master_copies":[],"pricing_grid":[],"press_types":[],"class_list":["post-14058","film","type-film","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","languages-ouighour","countries-ca-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n