This year, the Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival #MMFilmFest2016 will be opening with the documentary film,
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr.
Taking place after Omar Khadr was released on bail and told both in his own words and through research done in the name of Michelle Shephard's authoritative book,
Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr, the film
Guantanamo's Child profiles how one suburban Toronto teenager became the first juvenile ever tried for war crimes and part of one of the first trials since the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the 1940s.
The documentary will preview this Thursday 7pm at the UWM Theater. If you can't make it, don't worry. Guantanamo's Child will screen again on Sunday, April 3rd at 2pm at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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