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Taxi to the Dark Side. Winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Director Alex Gibney explores the American military's use of torture by focusing on the unsolved murder of an Afhgani taxi driver who, in 2002, was taken for questioning at Bagram Force Air Base. Five days later, the man was dead.
Apr 29, 2007 · 0. 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. In December that year, he was arrested ...
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Jan 18, 2008 · "Taxi to the Dark Side"'s title sounds like simply an adroit metaphor, but it has very concrete origins. The dark side comes from a post-9/11 interview with Vice President Dick Cheney. (Soundbite ...
Taxi to the Dark Side begins with one incident in Afghanistan that, like a good crime investigation, spreads out to reveal the administration's war effort breaking serious international laws and basic American values. An Afghan taxi driver disappears while on the job, arrested with his passengers as suspects in rocket attacks on American troops.
May 3, 2007 · Taxi to the Dark Side Production: A Jigsaw Prods. presentation of a Jigsaw Prods., X-Ray Prods. production, in association with Tall Woods, Wider Film Project. Produced by Alex Gibney, Eva Orner ...
Jan 18, 2008 · Taxi to the Dark Side. “Taxi to the Dark Side” Reveals Bush’s Torture Policies. “Taxi to the Dark Side” is an investigation into the murder of an innocent taxi driver at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan as well as the Bush administration’s policies condoning indefinite detention, torture and abuse.
Taxi to the Dark Side. Ratings: 7.78 / 10 from 18 users . Taxi to the Dark Side is a gripping investigation into the reckless abuse of power by the Bush Administration. A documentary murder mystery that examines the death of an Afghan taxi driver at Bagram Air Base, the film exposes a worldwide policy of detention and interrogation that ...
