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Doug Liman on Reckoning with Torture

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Today is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman talks to ABC News about why he needs the voices of everyday American for his new documentary film project, Reckoning with Torture.

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PEN American Center appears on Bill Moyers on America’s Torture Program

“On this weekend’s Moyers & Company, Siems, director of the Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center, and Liman, whose credits include The Bourne IdentityMr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fair Game, join Bill Moyers to talk about what we should be learning from and doing about U.S. torture tactics.”

Source: billmoyers.com

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In Doug Liman’s documentary film Reckoning With Torture, ordinary Americans stand side-by-side with actors, writers, and former military interrogators and intelligence officers in a reading of official documents that reveals the scope and cost of America’s post-9/11 torture program.

This Sunday on Moyers & Company, Liman joins Larry Siems, PEN American’s Director of Freedom to Write and International Programs, to discuss the film and the importance of hearing the voices of detainees.

To find out when the show airs in your area, click here.

(via PEN.org » Blog Archive Reckoning with Torture on Bill Moyers - PEN.org)

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Doug Liman’s Provocative New Film

Famed director discusses film based on government documents on terror suspects.

Source: abcnews.go.com