"The Confession"

12th of June 2016 I had the opportunity to attend the world premier of "The Confession" by Ashish Ghadiali as part of the Sheffield ‪Doc Fest‬.

This film takes you on a journey, which is both challenging and broadens your perception. Cinematically seamless, with enough light and shade, tension, and tears, there are many points when answers to questions which may have been on the mind, or at the tip of your tongue, reveal themselves. Ashish has managed to create a masterpiece.

This first hand personal account of Moazzam Begg; a man born and bred in Birmingham, who has spent time in prisons, in Afghanistan, Cuba and the UK, who has experienced kidnap and extraordinary rendition, torture and abuse, is a man who softly smiles, and holds no hate. A man, many would willfully character assassinate, who the media have many a time maligned and scapegoated, is a man who continues to search for truth and justice.

Though hearing Moazzams' story many times, on many platforms, and after reading his book Enemy Combatant, this film has taken me further. It meanders not only through the series of events which unfolded in his life leading up to his arrest, during detentions and interrogations, but also the nuances of his mindset, his thought process, and his quest for logical understanding from illogical reason

A film which keeps you in its' grip throughout.

Well done to the production team, and thankyou Moazzam.

I look forward to seeing this screened nationally and internationally.

A must see!