2016 Film Premières ‘Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr’

Cinematheque, Vancouver, BC
Sunday, January 10th, 2016, 8:30pm
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TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 3, Toronto, ON
Monday, January 11th, 2016, 9:15pm
Thursday, January 14th, 2016, 12pm
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PHI Centre, Montreal, QC
Friday, January 15th, 2016, 9:30pm
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Frontline Club, London, United Kingdom
Friday, January 22nd, 2016
More Info & Tickets. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with director Michelle Shephard, Moazzam Begg and others;

Metro Cinema, Edmonton, AB
Friday, January 22nd, 2016, 7:00pm
More Info & Tickets. With Dennis Edney, lawyer Omar Khadr.

Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MN
Saturday, January 23rd, 2016, 7:00pm
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Metro Cinema, Edmonton, AB
Friday, January 28th, 2016, 9:15pm
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Globe Cinema, Calgary, AB
Friday, February 5th, 2016, 9:00pm

Nelson Civic Theatre, Nelson, BC
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Fundy Cinema, Wolfville, NS
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

Montreal RIDM Review - Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr - The fine Canadian documentary Guantanamo’s Child Omar Khadr is many things at once – chilling, heartbreaking and heartwarming; a record of shameful behaviour but also one of kindness and dedication; and a testimony to the resilience of the human body and spirit.

Omar Khadr was only 15 years old when he was gravely injured in a firefight in Aghanistan in 2002. That made him a child soldier by definition, though it did not save him from being accused of murder and being imprisoned for 12 years. Read more…

Trailer - Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr