The Prisoner, Or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

Director: Michael Tucker & Petra Epperlein

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screening in: Spotlight Premieres

Screening Times

1:30 PM, Sunday March 11th - Austin Convention Ctr
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11:00 AM, Wednesday March 14th - Alamo Downtown
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Synopsis:
On September 23, 2003, filmmaker Michael Tucker followed the U.S. Army on a house raid in Baghdad. U.S. Army intelligence became convinced that a subsequent detainee was plotting to kill British Prime Minister Tony Blair during his visit to Iraq; Abbas's employment by British TV in Iraq may have raised this suspicion. After his arrest, Abbas, along with his two brothers, was held at Abu Ghraib and other facilities for nine months and subjected to the full menu of U.S. interrogation techniques. Recounting his experiences of fear, pain and anger, Abbas somehow retains a sense of humor. American commanders finally admitted the Abbas brothers had no intelligence value.

Director's Bio:
Michael Tucker was born in Honolulu. His Gunner Palace (co-director, 04) was released in 2004. Petra Epperlein was born in Karl Marx Stadt in the former East Germany and studied architecture in Dresden. Her co-directorial effort Gunner Palace was released in 2004.