Confessions of an Innocent Man
Canada, 2007, 88 mins
Director: David Paperny
Website
7:00pm, Sat, Nov 3
at Metro
Festivals
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2007
- Calgary International Film Festival 2007
- FESTIVAL DES FILMS DU MONDE DE MONTRÉAL / Montreal World Film Festival
Description
Confessions of an Innocent Man is a raw exposé that examines William Sampson's harrowing experience while imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for a crime he did not commit.
Sampson, who was working as a business consultant in Saudi Arabia at the time of his sudden arrest, belonged to a community of western ex-pats who worked hard and played hard. He, along with several other men, was charged with the terrorist bombing and murder of a fellow western ex-pat in December of 2000. With no evidence of his guilt and despite pleading his innocence, Sampson was repeatedly tortured and received no counsel or visitation by his government until after his captors got what they wanted: a confession. Skillfully interweaving Sampson's candid and chilling accounts of his incarceration with vivid re-enactments, Confessions on an Innocent Man is a distrubing testimonial to the fate which might await any Canadian jailed in a country that is an important economic and military ally.