Guantanamo Bay: The Hunger Strikes – Video Animation
Few outside the US military have even seen, let alone recorded, what goes on inside the infamous Guantánamo Bay prison. Now, using the words of the detainees themselves, an extraordinary animated film aims to show the brutality and claustrophobia of daily life there.
http://youtu.be/mmquIsGON80
“In March 2013, reports of a hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay, the US detention camp in Cuba, began to surface. Details were sketchy and were contradicted by statements from the US military. Now, using testimony from five detainees, this animated film reveals the daily brutality of life inside Guantánamo. Today there are 17 prisoners still on hunger strike, 16 of whom are being force-fed. Two are in hospital”
Warning: contains scenes some viewers might find disturbing.
The Guardian offer a “Making of Guantánamo Bay: The Hunger Strikes” article here, and you can read the story of the making of Guantánamo Bay: The Hunger Strikes, plus an interview with David Morrissey about why he got involved in this Sunday’s Observer.