Abu Ghraib Torture and Prisoner Abuse - Popular Culture

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  • The documentary Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), directed by Rory Kennedy, investigated the abuses.
  • Standard Operating Procedure (2008) is a documentary that which explores the events surrounding the Abu Ghraib events. It was directed by Errol Morris.
  • Precise quotes of Abu Ghraib's pictures can be seen in Alfonso Cuarón's film Children of Men (2006).
  • Abu Ghraib was referenced in the first season finale of Lie to Me. (2009)
  • Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero painted a series of paintings having the Abu Ghraib torture as a subject matter after he was shocked by the images shown by the press.
  • In the Homeland (TV series), Saul threatens to make known a drone attack by the US government which killed 82 Iraqi children; however Estes calls his bluff, saying Saul won't because it would become the enemy's biggest recruiting tool since Abu Ghraib.

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