The President Versus David Hicks

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The President Versus David Hicks
Directed byCurtis Levy
Bentley Dean (co-director)
Produced byCurtis Levy
CinematographyBentley Dean
Music byFelicity Fox
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
52 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The President Versus David Hicks is a 2004 documentary film following Terry Hicks's as he tries to understand how his son David Hicks ended up in Guantanamo Bay. [1]

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Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald writes "If there's a single message to be taken from all this, it's in the thought that moral absolutes are elusive on all sides of the war." [2] Variety's Russell Edwards states "Film’s strengths are that it doesn’t bother making a case for Hick’s innocence or excessively wring its hands over his imprisonment. Though Hicks remains an enigma, his life is undeniably intriguing — and docu conveys this with conviction, as well as Hicks Sr.’s love for his wayward son" [3] On ABC's At the Movies both David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz gave it 4 stars with Stratton saying "This is a documentary which every concerned Australian should see." [4]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Kermond, Clare (10 March 2004), "The President Versus David Hicks", The Age
  2. ↑ Hall, Sandra (12 August 2004), "Yearning for a country he knows", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ↑ Edwards, Russell (16 August 2004), "The President Versus David Hicks", Variety
  4. ↑ Stratton, David; Pomeranz, Margaret (5 August 2004), "The President Versus David Hicks", At the Movies, archived from the original on 18 August 2004
  5. ↑ "AFI falls for Somersault", The Age, 30 October 2004
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