The Road to Guantanamo

The Road To Guantanamo is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home.

Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings, ignorance, confusions and friendships as step by step they go from the safety of their small-town teenage existence to the heart of the "war on terror". Through a series of interviews, dramatised scenes and archive news footage, the film shows how the Tipton Three ended up in Afghanistan hiding with Taliban fighters under fire from US Fighter planes. The boys are eventually rounded up by American forces, only to be kept in horrific conditions at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for over two years.

The Road To Guantanamo is directed by the award-winning Michael Winterbottom and won the Silver Bear for Direction at the 56th Berlin Film Festival.

Regissør

Michael Winterbottom

Skuespiller

Riz Ahmed,

Arfan Usman,

Farhad Harun,

Ewan Bailey