TRUE STORY BEHIND NETFLIX HIT 'THE MAURITANIAN'

Have you watched the new Netflix hit, ‘The Mauritanian’? In case you missed it, the film is based on a true story about a Mauritanian man, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was detained without charge for 14 years in Cuba's Guantánamo Bay—territory the United States occupies—during the US 'War on Terror.' So, who was he and why did the United States hold him for that long? Brenda Mwai breaks it all down.