engrossing to be a part of that event, the first military commission trial of its type.
S K: Did you experience a good amount of frustration that you couldn’t film?
R J: Not being able to shoot in the room? It killed me! I feel like I have this personal vision of Hamden. I was sitting very close to him watching his emotional reactions to all kinds of things. He would say these incredibly cinematic things. At one point, he was describing becoming slightly delusional after being in solitary confinement for so long and he said that he felt like he had eyes all over his body because he was constantly being watched by the guards. What I would have given to have him say that on film, you know?
What’s so interesting, and I think is often true with documentaries, is that your constraints are part of the story. The more you have to find a way to embody them filmic