{"id":2711,"date":"2023-12-04T11:26:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=2711"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:26:33","slug":"filmscreening-freedom-is-a-big-word-2019","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/event\/filmscreening-freedom-is-a-big-word-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmscreening: Freedom Is A Big Word (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE PROGRAM IN LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN, AND LATINX STUDIES<\/strong>
2023 LATIN AMERICAN FILM SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FREEDOM IS A BIG WORD, (Uruguay 2019)
<\/strong>Tuesday, December 5th, 5 pm<\/strong>
Remsen Hall 101<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments by Stuart Schrader, Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship & Center for Africana Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guantanamo, then what? After 13 years, Mohammed, a 38-year-old Palestinian, is released from the notorious detention camp, where he was starved, tortured, and humiliated. Under this regime, he was given a choice: to stay in Guantanamo or start a new life in Uruguay, the only country that opened its doors to the detainee. There, he would get a home and welfare money for two years, then he would be on his own. Mohammed has a second chance to start a new life of freedom in an unknown place. But \u201cfreedom\u201d is a big word with a very complex meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n

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