Directed by:
Alex GibneyScreenplay:
Alex GibneyCinematography:
Ben BloodwellComposer:
Will BatesCast:
Alex Gibney (narrator), Ali Soufan, Abu Zubaydah (a.f.), George W. Bush (a.f.), Dick Cheney (a.f.), Donald Rumsfeld (a.f.), Condoleezza Rice (a.f.) (more)VOD (1)
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HBO documentary The Forever Prisoner, from acclaimed director Alex Gibney (HBO's The Crime of the Century, Agents of Chaos), tells the chilling story of Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA's program of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs), later identified as torture by those outside the agency. Having never been charged with a crime or allowed to challenge his detention, Zubaydah remains imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay in Kafkaesque limbo, in direct contravention of America's own ideals of justice and due process. Twenty years on, The Forever Prisoner reveals the origins of the clandestine operations that led the United States, in the "War on Terror," on a path of cruelty, deceit, and self-deception. (Home Box Office)
(more)Cast
![Alex Gibney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/847/159847333_bc937b.jpg)
Alex Gibney (narrator)
USA
Abu Zubaydah (a.f.)
Saudi Arabia
![George W. Bush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273930_acf417.jpg)
George W. Bush (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020) - a.f.
Die Hard 4.0 (2007) - a.f.
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
![Dick Cheney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/285/160285543_baf341.jpg)
Dick Cheney (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Report (2019) - a.f.
The Special Relationship (2010) (TV movie) - a.f.
Shock and Awe (2017) - a.f.
![Donald Rumsfeld](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/368/160368340_c98bec.jpg)
Donald Rumsfeld (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020) - a.f.
War Dogs (2016) - a.f.
The Report (2019) - a.f.
![Condoleezza Rice](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901475_092eaf.jpg)
Condoleezza Rice (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
War Dogs (2016) - a.f.
Morning Glory (2010) - a.f.
Fair Game (2010)
Colin Powell (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020) - a.f.
Official Secrets (2019) - a.f.
Kingdom (2007) - a.f.
George Tenet (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The 9/11 Commission Report (2006) - a.f.
Robert Mueller (a.f.)
USA
![Osama bin Laden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/352/160352005_1044cf.jpg)
Osama bin Laden (a.f.)
Saudi Arabia
Ayman Al-Zawahiri (a.f.)
Egypt
![Barack Obama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279302_008247.jpg)
Barack Obama (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Snowden (2016) - a.f.
Patriots Day (2016) - a.f.
This Must Be the Place (2011)
![Kathryn Bigelow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/208/166208099_e2e9d1.jpg)
Kathryn Bigelow (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Born in Flames (1983)
![Jessica Chastain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/160/165160277_47e2d2.jpg)
Jessica Chastain (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
Interstellar (2014)
The Martian (2015)