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Amnesty International Puget Sound presents the 16th annual Seattle Human Rights Film Festival at the Northwest Film Forum in Capitol Hill, February 15th to 17th. With our theme of Justice Without Borders, the festival includes films dealing with International Human Rights and Violence Against Women. Discussions with filmmakers and activists to follow screenings. Show your support for cinema with a social conscience by attending the festival.
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Director: David Paperny
2007. Canada. 89 min. English.
CONFESSIONS OF AN INNOCENT MAN is a raw expose that examines William Sampson's harrowing experience while imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for a crime he did not commit. With no evidence of his guilt and despite pleading his innocence, Sampson was repeatedly tortured and received no counsel or visitation by his government until after his captors got what they wanted: a confession. He was then sentenced to death by public beheading but the cycle of physical and psychological violence would continue. Over time, Sampson's prison behaviour grew increasingly bizarre. Rejecting various Canadian government envoys, and pushing away his father, he set out to make himself as offensive as possible to his captors. It was these acts of defiance - despite the brutality and solitary confinement - that Sampson believes preserved his sanity. Finally freed after a total of 31 months, one burning question remains unanswered: Where was the Canadian government, and why wasn't more done to help? Today Sampson continues to fight to hold the Saudi government accountable for his inhumane and illegal treatment. |
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