Project Detail

My Brother's Keeper

Synopsis

Former Guantánamo detainee, Mohamedou Ould Salahi, and his guard, Steve Wood, reunite in Mauritania 13 years after last seeing each other, rekindling an unlikely relationship that profoundly changed their lives.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2020 - World premiere
Official Selection Camerimage 2020

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
21 min 26 sec
Director
Laurence Topham
Producer
Laurence Topham
Executive Producer
Lindsay Poulton, Mustafa Khalili
Editor
Agnieszka Liggett, Laurence Topham
Director of Photography
Laurence Topham
Sound
Dennis Wheatley
Composer
Graham Hadfield
Principal cast
Mohamedou Ould Salahi, Steve Wood
2nd Unit Cinematography
Tom Silverstone
Commissioning Editors
Charlie Phillips, Christian Bennett

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