''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib'' is a 2007 documentary film, directed by

Rory Kennedy Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (born December 12, 1968) is an American documentary filmmaker who is the eleventh and youngest child of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel. Kennedy has made documentary films that center on social is ...

, that examines the events of the 2004

Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse During the early stages of the Iraq War, members of the United States Army and the CIA committed a series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, including Physical abuse, physical and sexu ...

scandal. The film premiered January 19, 2007, at the

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. The film aired on

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on February 22, 2007. It was also shown at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival on March 23, 2007, and at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 25, 2007.

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coordinated the US national community engagement campaign with ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''. It brought together the

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, the

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, faith groups, and others to end US policy sanctioning torture.

Critical reception

The film was nominated for 4

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at the

59th Primetime Emmy Awards The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 16, 2007, honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was televised live on Fox at 8:00 p.m. ...

in the categories of Outstanding Non-Fiction Special, Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming, Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming, and Outstanding Sound Editing for Non-Fiction Programming. It won the award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special.ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES 59TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
Retrieved September 16, 2007

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''Mother Jones'' review of ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib''
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Critical reception

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