‘We don’t live in a world of goodies and baddies, do we?’ The true story behind The Mauritanian

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‘It took me three weeks to get out of character ’ ... Tahar Rahim as Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Photograph: Graham Bartholomew

 

When Mohamedou Ould Slahi came to South Africa to visit the set of The Mauritanian, it was a strange and complicated experience, he says.

 

The film tells the story of Slahi’s experience as possibly the highest-profile detainee at the infamous Guantánamo Bay camp in Cuba.

 

He was kidnapped, tortured in ways barely imaginable and incarcerated for 14 years, but never charged with a crime. 

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/26/we-dont-live-in-a-world-of-goodies-and-baddies-do-we-the-true-story-behind-the-mauritanian