One of the most controversial movies to emerge from this year’s Sundance Film Festival is a documentary called “Jihad Rehab,” which follows a group of former Guantanamo Bay detainees. Directed by A…
, Smaker and executive producer Mohamed Aabas — a Yemeni criminal justice reform advocate who joined the project in 2020 — discuss their filmmaking journey and address the doc’s critics.It was in 2007. I was [in Yemen] training cadets in firefighting and I overheard a conversation about a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia.
I can completely understand where you’re coming from, and I can see how that would be problematic for you as a member of the Yemeni community. I’m just curious if you have any thoughts on how people might have come away without necessarily acknowledging the specificity of their situation as Yemeni, but rather as terrorists?I just want to point out that we invited [the film’s critics] to a screening of the movie.
To summarize, some argue that the film tries to “humanize” the subjects while still questioning whether they are criminals, and also that the film perpetuates harmful stereotypes. Some also take issue with a white director tackling this subject matter with a different gaze than someone from the region.
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