The Response (film)
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The Response is an award-winning film based on actual transcripts of Combatant Status Review Tribunal
s held at Guantanamo Bay.
The 2009 film is thirty minutes long.
Among the film's stars are Kate Mulgrew
, Peter Riegert
, Aasif Mandvi
and the film's writer Sig Libowitz
. The film was the directorial debut of writer and director Adam Rodgers.
Michael Greenberger, a professor at the University of Maryland
, consulted for the film, in his capacity as a former Justice Department
counter-terrorism
official.
Other faculty and students at the University of Maryland assisted in the production of the film, which was filmed on the University of Maryland campus.
Libowitz is a film producer
, who received a Comcast Leadership Scholarship to go to law school
.
One of his law professors assigned his students transcripts from Combatant Status Review Tribunals held in 2004.
Libowitz decided that the transcript was suitable to be recreated.
The film won a Silver Gavel from the American Bar Association
.
The film has screened at the Pentagon, U.S. Congress, Department of Justice, Westpoint, universities such as Harvard, UCLA and Columbia as well as film festivals including the Politics in Film Festival in Washington DC in May 2009.
The Response was nominated for a 2010 Academy Award (Best Live Action Short).
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
s held at Guantanamo Bay.
The 2009 film is thirty minutes long.
Among the film's stars are Kate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew
Katherine Kiernan Maria "Kate" Mulgrew is an American actress, most noted for her roles on Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Kathryn Janeway and Ryan's Hope as Mary Ryan...
, Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director, best known for his role as Boon from Animal House and crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on the HBO original series The Sopranos.-Early life:...
, Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Hakim Mandviwala , known professionally as Aasif Mandvi , is an American actor and comedian. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on The Daily Show on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent.-Early life and stage career:Mandvi...
and the film's writer Sig Libowitz
Sig Libowitz
Sig Libowitz is an American lawyer, actor, film executive, writer and producer.Libowitz is notable for writing, producing, and acting in a film, The Response, which he wrote after reading the actual transcripts from the Guantanamo detainees' Combatant Status Review Tribunals.Libowitz was a Vice...
. The film was the directorial debut of writer and director Adam Rodgers.
Michael Greenberger, a professor at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland
When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
, consulted for the film, in his capacity as a former Justice Department
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
official.
Other faculty and students at the University of Maryland assisted in the production of the film, which was filmed on the University of Maryland campus.
Libowitz is a film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, who received a Comcast Leadership Scholarship to go to law school
Law school
A law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
.
One of his law professors assigned his students transcripts from Combatant Status Review Tribunals held in 2004.
Libowitz decided that the transcript was suitable to be recreated.
The film won a Silver Gavel from the American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
.
The film has screened at the Pentagon, U.S. Congress, Department of Justice, Westpoint, universities such as Harvard, UCLA and Columbia as well as film festivals including the Politics in Film Festival in Washington DC in May 2009.
The Response was nominated for a 2010 Academy Award (Best Live Action Short).