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Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney, and produced by Gibney, Eva Orner, and Susannah Shipman. It won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature . [1]
Jan 23, 2009 · Taxi to the Dark Side: Directed by Alex Gibney. With Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring. Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
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- Documentary, Crime, History
- Alex Gibney
- 2009-01-23
This film by Alex Gibney investigates the case of an Afghan taxi driver who died in US custody in 2002 and the wider use of torture by the US military in the War on Terror. It features interviews with former detainees, soldiers, and officials, and examines the legal and moral implications of torture.
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- Alex Gibney
- R
- Documentary, Crime, Drama, War
Apr 29, 2007 · Taxi To The Dark Side explores the United States’ use of torture and focuses on the case of an innocent Afghan man who was beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in a detention facility. In the winter of 2002, a poor Afghan man named Dilawar managed to save enough money to buy a taxi.
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- 106 min
Feb 7, 2008 · Alex Gibney's film exposes the horrors of the Bush administration's unofficial policy of torturing suspects in the war on terror. It uses the case of Dilawar, an Afghan taxi driver who died in U.S. custody, as a starting point to investigate the legal, moral and practical implications of "working the dark side".
A film that exposes the U.S. policy of torture and human rights abuses in the "war on terror". It investigates the case of a taxi driver killed at Bagram Air Force Base and the role of key administration figures in condoning cruelty.
Using the torture and death of innocent taxi driver Dilawar--who was arrested in 2002 by American troops and sent to Bagram military prison--as its central focus, Alex Gibney's Taxi to the Dark Side is a damning indictment of the United States' War on Terror after the 9/11 attacks.
