(Canada, 84 min.)
Dir. Amar Wala
Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere)
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Security certificates allow for the indefinite detention of non-citizens for reasons of national security. |
The Secret Trial 5
presents one of the most troubling exposés in recent
memory. It is, frankly, disturbing to hear such a tale about Canadian politics. This ripped-from-the-headlines documentary directed by Amar Wala boldly
confronts the murky and generally unknown unconstitutionality of security
certificates. Security certificates, The
Secret Trial 5 explains, allow for the indefinite jailing of non-Canadian
citizens. These backwards laws permit people living in Canada to be arrested
and detained in the name of national security without charge and without a
presentation of evidence. The decade-long fight chronicled in The Secret Trial 5 makes a convincing
case that the time has come for the Canadian government to redraft its policy.