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Giving Voice to the Prisoners of Guantánamo
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Tomorrow night, the Human Rights Watch Chicago Network will present an event entitled The Detainees SPEAK. The event is in Chicago at the venue Sonotheque.
Based on Mark Falkoff’s book, Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak. Mark Falkoff was on Worldview a few weeks back to discuss his book. The program will feature poem readings and original performances by Alana Arenas of Steppenwolf Theatre, David Kelly of the Chicago-based hip-hop duo All Natural, and Riz Ahmed, a London-based actor, hip-hop artist.
Some of you may know Riz from his screen debut in Michael Winterbottom's award-winning film Road to Guantanamo. The film tells the true story of childhood friends detained without charge for 3 years in Guantanamo Bay. Ironically, while returning from the film's premiere in Berlin, Riz was detained by British Special officers.
Riz’s self-released debut single, The Post 9/11 Blues, was temporarily banned from airplay in the United Kingdom. The resulting uproar and media attention gave the song a large online cult following.
Stephen Steim is from Human Rights Watch Chicago Network. He and Riz spent some time with Worldview to discuss the show and some of Riz’s experiences and Steve told Jerome where the idea for The Detainees Speak came from…
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