Film Review: Torture in Zero Dark Thirty

Jared Del Rosso, PhD, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA DOI: 10.1177/0160597613506101 Zero Dark ThirtyInitial Release Date: December 19, 2012 DVD Release Date: March 19, 2013 Summary Kathryn Bigelows Zero Dark Thirty portrays the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)s pursuit of Osama Bin Laden. [.....

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Published in:Humanity & Society 2013, Vol.37 (4), p.348-350
Main Author: Rosso, Jared Del
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Empathy
Intelligence
Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh
Motion pictures
Prisoner treatment
Questioning
Rejali, Darius
Students
Terrorism
Torture
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Summary:Jared Del Rosso, PhD, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA DOI: 10.1177/0160597613506101 Zero Dark ThirtyInitial Release Date: December 19, 2012 DVD Release Date: March 19, 2013 Summary Kathryn Bigelows Zero Dark Thirty portrays the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)s pursuit of Osama Bin Laden. [...]the film empathetically depicts victims of terrorism (and rightfully so), but does not extend empathy to the victims of U.S. torture. Conclusion Zero Dark Thirty offers superficial advancementsit contains more action and more people will view iton the important representations of torture already available, particularly those of Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Standard Operating Procedure, and Rendition.
ISSN:0160-5976
2372-9708
DOI:10.1177/0160597613506101