The Forever Prisoner

The Forever Prisoner is a 2021 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney.

The Forever Prisoner
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Directed by	Alex Gibney
Produced by	Erin Edeiken Cathy Scott Clark Alex Gibney Raymond Bonner
Cinematography	Ben Bloodwell Antonio Rossi
Edited by	Alexis Johnson
Music by	Will Bates
Production companies	Jigsaw Productions HBO Documentary Films
Distributed by	HBO
Release date	December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06) (United States)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

The film details the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi Arabian detainee held at CIA blacksites and later Guantanamo Bay.^[1][2][3][4]

Accolades

The Forever Prisoner won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary at the 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards in 2022.^[5]