The Oath Airs Tuesday Night on POV

The ITVS-funded documentary by Laura Poitras is a story about family, taxis, al Qaeda, Guantanamo Bay, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Oath is the story of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay Prison and the first man to face the controversial military tribunals. Filmed in Yemen, The Oath is the second installment in a trilogy about America post 9/11.  The first film, My Country, My Country, documented the U.S. occupation of Iraq from the perspective of an Iraqi family. The third film will focus on domestic surveillance.

Check out the trailer for The Oath below and be sure to watch Tuesday, August 16, on POV.

The Oath is also one of the 20 documentaries selected as part of ITVS’s Indies Showcase and will stream free on that site from September 11 to 13.