Torturing Democracy is a compelling and convincing film about the treatment of those people detained in the years after the 9/11 attacks. Relying heavily on government documents and interviews with members of various government organizations, this documentary traces the systematic way the Bush administration justify increasingly harsh interrogation tactics and manipulated the law to protect those involved.

Torturing Democracy is well-researched, almost to the point of overwhelming the viewer with facts. Because of the preponderance of details, I found the film a little hard to follow at times, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Although I don’t consider supplementary materials in judging films for the Notables Committee, my curiosity led me to look at the Torturing Democracy website which includes a rich archive which further supports the claims made in the film.

The archive and the entire film can be access via the Torturing Democracy site.