Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim Pursue Justice and Fight For Freedom in The Mauritanian Blu-Ray Giveaway
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The Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Code cover for director Kevin Macdonald’s political thriller, ‘The Mauritanian,’ which stars Golden Globe-winning actress, Jodie Foster.
The relentless pursuit for justice is one of the most timely and important subjects that’s driving modern American society. Former Guantánamo Bay detainee, Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s decades long fight for freedom while being held in American custody is being chronicled in the political thriller, ‘The Mauritanian,’ which is being distributed on home entertainment this spring.
The film is based on the true story of the Mauritanian-born Slahi, who was held at the Cuban-based American military prison between 2002-2016 without charge. He wrote a New York Times best-selling memoir about his experiences, which is titled ‘Guantánamo Diary,’ and was released in 2015.
By Jeri Jacquin | May 1, 2021Movies
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Coming to 4K Ultra HD, Bluray and Digital from director Kevin Macdonald and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment comes the story of a man known as THE MAURITANIAN.
Mohamedou
Slahi (Tahar Rahim) has been captured and sent to Guantanamo Bay after the 9/11
attacks on America. He is not told what the charges against him are and lives
day to day in a small cell. Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) decides to take on
his case bringing Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley) aboard. They head to
Guantanamo detention camp to meet Mohamedou.
Their
first meeting is tense as he does not have reason to trust two women he does
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DOUGLAS, Isle of Man and BURBANK, Calif., April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE: ESGC) ( ErosSTX ), a global entertainment company, announced today that STXfilms has signed F. Gary Gray to direct Vin Diesel in the action-comedy
Muscle. Reginald Hudlin and Byron Phillips are producing alongside Diesel and Samantha Vincent for One Race Films. Gray will also executive produce.
Muscle will be Gray s next project. The latest draft is by John Swetnam and Malcolm Spellman. The original script was written by Scott Taylor & Wesley Jermaine Johnson. The film s log line is being kept under wraps. Production is expected to begin later this year.
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STXfilms Acquires Psychological Thriller “The Marsh King’s Daughter” From Black Bear & Anonymous Content
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