Taxi to the Dark Side

Documentary, Crime, War · 2009R

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. The medical examiner claimed the driver died from excessive physical abuse. Taking this case as a jumping-off point, the film examines wider claims of torture that occurred at bases like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay during the Bush administration.

Starring

Brian Keith Allen, Maryse Alberti, Ivor Guest, Moazzam Begg, Sloane Klevin, Christopher Beiring, Sloane Klevin, Alex Gibney, Alex Gibney

Director

Alex Gibney