We Are Not Ghouls

We Are Not Ghouls is a 2022 documentary film about JAG attorney Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley's work to free Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.^[1] The film was directed by Chris James Thompson and is based on the book The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law.^[2] The documentary premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in the Documentary Spotlight category.^[3] The film then played at the 2022 DOC NYC Film Festival before being released nationally in February 2023.^[4]

We Are Not Ghouls
Directed by	Chris James Thompson
Produced by	Andrew Swant, Jessica Farrell
Starring	Yvonne Bradley, Clive Stafford Smith, Darrel Vandeveld, Stephen Grey
Cinematography	Michael T. Vollmann, Erik Ljung, Ryan Reeve, Rubin Whitmore II, Quinn Hester
Edited by	Chris James Thompson
Music by	Will Van Boldrik
Production company	Good Credit Productions
Distributed by	Gravitas Ventures
Release dates	March 12, 2022 (2022-03-12) (SXSW) February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28) (United States)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

US Air Force JAG attorney Yvonne Bradley volunteered to defend a man named Binyam Mohamed who was facing a death penalty case at Guantanamo Bay in 2005. Believing the detainees at Guantanamo were “the worst of the worst” in the war on terror, Yvonne's world was turned upside down as she arrived in Cuba and began to untangle an unimaginable case. Spending the next four years battling to uncover the truth, Yvonne's is a captivating story of taking responsibility in the face of corruption at the highest levels of power, and the dangers of choosing to stand up for what you believe in.

Interviewees

• Yvonne Bradley - US Air Force JAG
• Clive Stafford Smith - Human Rights Attorney
• Darrel Vandeveld - US Army Reserve JAG
• Stephen Grey - Investigative Journalist
• Janet Hamlin - Illustrator

Release

The film was acquired for distribution by Gravitas Ventures and was released in February 2023 on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play, and others.^[5][6][7]

References

1. "We Are Not Ghouls — 2022". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
2. Bernstein, Richard (October 6, 2010). "Guantánamo Lawyers Showed Their Moral Fiber". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
3. Roberts, Jordan (March 23, 2022). "Audience Awards Winners Announced for the 2022 SXSW Film Festival". South by Southwest. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
4. Morgan, David (November 9, 2022). "DOC NYC documentary film festival returns: Real life on screens and at home". CBS News. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
5. "We Are Not Ghouls (2023)".
6. "Watch We Are Not Ghouls | Prime Video". Amazon.
7. "We Are Not Ghouls - Apple TV". February 28, 2023.

External links

• We Are Not Ghouls at IMDb
• https://www.wearenotghouls.com/ - Official Website
• We Are Not Ghouls at Rotten Tomatoes