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Director defends ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ torture scenes

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Director/producer, Kathryn Bigelow, on the set of "Zero Dark Thirty," which chronicles the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden.

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Director Kathryn Bigelow defends torture scenes in her Oscar-nominated film "Zero Dark Thirty," saying torture was an undeniable part of the hunt for Osama bin Laden after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The film opens by declaring it's based on firsthand accounts of actual events.