This film is a dramatic documentary that combines eyewitness testimony, recreated events, authentic documentation, and interviews with the offspring of people who were among the 930 or so refugees allowed into the US during WW II. President Roosevelt's intention was to return these refugees to Europe at the end of the war. For more than a year, these men, women, and children were housed (and essentially held virtual prisoners) at Ft. Ontario, an army base in Oswego NY. When immigration laws were changed by President Truman, these people were driven across the border to Canada, and were then readmitted as new refugees to live and prosper in the United States.
Please note that scriptwriter for this film is Thomas (Tom) Friedmann, who is not the Tom Friedman listed for Island of the Sharks. Friedmann has scripted the produced films Dr. John Haney Sessions, Highway Girl and Open Secrets and is the author of the novel Damaged Goods, the short story collection Hero Azriel, and a number of textbooks on composition and grammar.
Also, the co-writer for Prisoners of Freedom is Les Friedman, not Owen Shapiro. Les Friedman is the author and editor of various books on film. He has also co-scripted a documentary about Thomas Szasz, the psychiatrist who has argued against the insanity defense.
Please note that scriptwriter for this film is Thomas (Tom) Friedmann, who is not the Tom Friedman listed for Island of the Sharks. Friedmann has scripted the produced films Dr. John Haney Sessions, Highway Girl and Open Secrets and is the author of the novel Damaged Goods, the short story collection Hero Azriel, and a number of textbooks on composition and grammar.
Also, the co-writer for Prisoners of Freedom is Les Friedman, not Owen Shapiro. Les Friedman is the author and editor of various books on film. He has also co-scripted a documentary about Thomas Szasz, the psychiatrist who has argued against the insanity defense.