Jodie Fosteris back with another acclaimed performance.
The Oscar-winning actress was recently Golden Globe-nominated for herThe Mauritanian, in which she plays defense attorney Nancy Hollander, who seeks justice for Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim, also Golden Globe-nominated), a Mauritanian man who stands accused of recruiting the terrorists who flew a plane into the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Slahi is held on no charges in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp and recruits Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley) to help.Benedict Cumberbatchplays a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, who opposes their advocacy.
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In 2005, Salahi wrote a memoir about his experiences in the camp while imprisoned calledGuantánamo Diary, which was published 10 years later in 2015. Salahi wrote four other books while detained, but he has not been allowed to access his published works since his removal from the camp.
He is the first detainee to publish a memoir while imprisoned.
Shailene Woodley and Jodie Foster inThe Mauritanian.Graham Bartholomew/ STX Films
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The movie also stars Zachary Levi, Langley Kirkwood, Corey Johnson, Matthew Marsh and Andre Jacobs.
The Mauritanianis in theaters now and lands on VOD March 2.
source: people.com
