''Prisoner 345'' is a 2006

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Synopsis

''Prisoner 345'' is about detained

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

cameraman

Sami Al Hajj Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj ( ar, سامي محي الدين محمد الحاج), aka Sami Al-Haj (Khartoum, Sudan, February 15, 1969) is a Sudanese journalist for the Al Jazeera network. In 2001, while on his way to do camera work for th ...

, who was detained at the United States detainee camp at

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in 2002. The film retells the arrest of Al Hajj at the Afghan-Pakistani border. The film has been shown at international film festivals in Australia, Canada, Lebanon, New Zealand and the United States.

Release

The film runs 50 minutes and is a production of the Al Jazeera television network. The film is produced by Ahmad Ibrahim & Abdallah El Binni and directed by Abdallah El Binni. The film has been distributed to

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, and Reprieve."Prisoner 345 takes the Story of Al Hajj to the Screen," MEB Journal, http://www.mebjournal.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=151

References

External links

Film in full length at YouTube
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Link to article on National Public Radio's "On the Media"
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