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Add Your Voice to Doug Liman's Upcoming Movie "Reckoning With Torture"

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February 16, 2012

You can be in acclaimed film director Doug Liman's (The Bourne Identity, Fair Game, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith) next movie: a partnership with the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and the PEN American Center called , a film to fight torture. The project is based on a simple but powerful notion: that coming to terms with human rights abuses starts with reading the documentary record.

We're asking the public to , which will be combined with filmed stage performances featuring actors like Robert Redford, Dianne Wiest and America Ferrera, as well as writers, former interrogators and military officers.

On our new website , you will find on how to shoot and upload footage of yourself, your family and your friends. that detail the abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody since the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as the struggle of many soldiers and intelligence officers to stop the abuse.

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Later this year, Liman will select the best submissions and intercut them with footage from the staged performances to create a feature-length movie that stars Americans from all walks of life standing alongside prominent cultural figures to read the record of this country's torture program.

This film project is a way for all Americans to confront this country's legacy of torture. Visit to add your voice.

Follow the project on and , and visit to add your voice.

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