GUANTANAMOBILE PROJECT TO VISIT BRYN MAWR

Bryn Mawr audiences will be able to see and participate in an evolving documentary film when the Guantanamobile Project visits the College on Friday, Oct. 29, at 2:30 p.m. in Carpenter 21. Filmmakers Lisa Lynch and Elena Razlogova will screen the documentary, which focuses on the detention of uncharged prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; an audience discussion with the filmmakers will folllow.

The Guantanamobile Project aims to raise awareness of the ethical, legal and political issues surrounding more than 600 people whom the United States detained in the aftermath of military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of the detainees have been held without legal charges since late 2001; the Bush administration characterizes them as "unlawful combatants" who are not entitled to the protections international law affords to prisoners of war.

The project has two main components: a Web site that gathers news and information about the detainees, and a documentary video. The video evolves as it is screened, incorporating audience responses and concerns. It features interviews with key figures involved in the legal struggles of the Guantanamo detainees, including the lawyers who successfully argued to the Supreme Court that U.S. courts have jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the detention; activists; relatives of detainees; and the responses of people who encountered the Guanatanamobile Project during a national tour last summer.

The Guantanamobile Project's visit to Bryn Mawr is co-sponsored by the Center for Visual Culture and the Center for Ethnicities, Communities and Social Policy.

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