Exclusive Interview – Director Kevin Macdonald on The Mauritanian

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Kevin Macdonald is an Oscar profitable documentarian and thought-provoking filmmaker. Lauded for each Touching The Void and The Final King of Scotland, his output additionally contains political thriller State of Play and the YouTube-released Life In a Day 2020 obtainable now [read our review here].

For his new movie The Mauritanian, he takes an intimate take a look at the incarceration of political prisoners submit 9/11, in search of to humanise these so casually demonised following that assault. Just lately the director sat down with Martin Carr to debate the significance of casting, in addition to his ardour for this undertaking. Watch the interview right here and be sure you give us a subscribe on YouTube for extra video content material…

SEE ALSO: Learn our evaluate of The Mauritanian


Captured by the U.S. Authorities, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim) languishes in jail for years with out cost or trial. Dropping all hope, Slahi finds allies in protection lawyer Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) and her affiliate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley). Collectively they face numerous obstacles in a determined pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, together with proof uncovered by formidable navy prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Sofa (Benedict Cumberbatch), ultimately reveals a surprising and much reaching conspiracy.

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The Mauritanian is about for launch on February nineteenth within the US and on February twenty sixth within the UK.

 

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