Programme Choice of the Day - USA vs Al-Arian Every day we'll be picking one film you must see over festival. You'll find this film in our Maysles Documentary Competition Section.
Date Posted: Tuesday 25th March 2008
Queen's Film Theatre
4.00pm
Saturday 12th April
Best Film – New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival 2007
Best Documentary – Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2007
'Eye-opening documentary USA vs Al-Arian throws the spotlight on the USA justice system shanghaied by the Patriot Act, leaving a deeply sympathetic family frayed but not quite broken. Branded the most dangerous man in the U.S., Tampa-based computer science professor Sami Al-Arian came through a six-month trial with no charges sticking, but the judge ignored the jury and Al-Arian is still in jail. Norwegian director Line Halvorsen constructs a damning portrait of the case by focusing on the trial's emotional toll.'
Variety
