Guantanamo Circus

{{short description|2013 documentary}}

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| director = Christina Linhardt, Michael L. Rose

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| music = Christina Linhardt

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Guantanamo Circus is a half-hour documentary film released in 2013 directed by Christina Linhardt and Michael L. Rose. It records the arrival and five-day experience of a troupe of circus performers into Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to perform their circus act for the American soldiers stationed at the American military base located there.

{{cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/when-the-circus-came-to-guantanamo-bay/|title=When the Circus Came to Town|work=LA Weekly|date=29 October 2019|author=Sherrie Li}}

The film won a Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award for "Documentary of the Year,"{{Cite news |last=Li |first=Sherrie |date=October 29, 2013 |title=When the Circus Came to Guantanamo Bay |work=LA Weekly |url=https://www.laweekly.com/when-the-circus-came-to-guantanamo-bay/}}{{Cite web |title=Hollywood FAME Awards |url=http://www.acbentertainment.com/hollywood-fame-recipients/ |access-date=May 9, 2021 |website=A.C.B. Entertainment}} and was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its permanent collection.{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Guantanamo Circus |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?&bibId=19578407 |website=Library of Congress Catalog}} It also won an LA Music Award{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Vanphear Circus |url=http://www.lamusicawards.com/act/vamphear-circus/ |work=LA Music Awards}} for its music score by Linhardt.