Check out the new DVDs, Blu-rays and streaming shows (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Acorn TV and more) coming out this week, including the award-winning film
The Mauritanian, starring Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
~Alexandra Heilbron
The Mauritanian – Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim, who received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance) has been held for years in prison at Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp by the U.S. Government without a single charge or the possibility of a trial, on suspicion that he was involved in the attacks that took place in America on 9/11. Defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster, who won a Golden Globe for her role) and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley) decide to take on his case. They run into opposition from Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch (Benedict Cumberbatch), but as he uncovers evidence, he begins to believe there has been a conspiracy to detain innocent men. Available May 11 on DVD/Blu-ray/
By Jeri Jacquin | May 1, 2021Movies
Jeri
Jacquin
Coming to 4K Ultra HD, Bluray and Digital from director Kevin Macdonald and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment comes the story of a man known as THE MAURITANIAN.
Mohamedou
Slahi (Tahar Rahim) has been captured and sent to Guantanamo Bay after the 9/11
attacks on America. He is not told what the charges against him are and lives
day to day in a small cell. Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) decides to take on
his case bringing Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley) aboard. They head to
Guantanamo detention camp to meet Mohamedou.
Their
first meeting is tense as he does not have reason to trust two women he does
By Jeri Jacquin | May 1, 2021Movies
Jeri
Jacquin
Coming to 4K Ultra HD, Bluray and Digital from director Kevin Macdonald and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment comes the story of a man known as THE MAURITANIAN.
Mohamedou
Slahi (Tahar Rahim) has been captured and sent to Guantanamo Bay after the 9/11
attacks on America. He is not told what the charges against him are and lives
day to day in a small cell. Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) decides to take on
his case bringing Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley) aboard. They head to
Guantanamo detention camp to meet Mohamedou.
Their
first meeting is tense as he does not have reason to trust two women he does
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Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian (2021) | STX Entertainment
If the idea of being kidnapped and incarcerated for 14 years without being charged of any crime isn’t terrifying enough, imagine being held on an island hundreds of miles from home in a facility that epitomises horrible human rights violations.
Kevin Macdonald’s
The Mauritanian is the true-life story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a detainee at the infamous American naval base Guantanamo Bay. Slahi had been on the American government’s radar for allegedly helping recruit hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001, attacks. In a post 9/11 world, every contact of a suspect became a suspect. The US government and its agencies were determined that “someone” should pay for that tragedy. Slahi was one such “someone”.