The Response

The Response is a courtroom drama based on transcripts of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals held at Guantanamo Bay in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.[1][2][3] The film takes the viewer inside the tribunal of a suspected Al Queda enemy combatant and the three military officers who must decide his fate. The film is 30 minutes long.[3]

The film stars Kate Mulgrew, Peter Riegert, Aasif Mandvi, and Sig Libowitz, who also wrote and produced The Response. The film was directed by Adam Rodgers.[4][5]

The Response was shortlisted for an 2010 Academy Award (Best Short Film, Live Action)[6] and named the Silver Gavel Award winner as Best of the Year in Drama & Literature by the American Bar Association.[7][8][9][10]

The film was an official selection to seven Academy Award qualifying festivals as well as the Politics in Film Festival in Washington DC.[11][12][13][14]

Michael Greenberger, a professor at the University of Maryland, consulted for the film, in his capacity as a former Justice Department counter-terrorism official.[1]