Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) [N/A]
Featuring:
Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg
Written by:
Alex Gibney
Directed by:
Alex Gibney
Release Date:
January 18, 2008
Original Title:
Taxi to the Dark Side
Alternate Titles:
Taxi zur Hölle
Um Táxi para a Escuridão
计程车司机之死
驶向阴霾的出租
黑暗纪事
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Jigsaw Productions
Wider Film Projects
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 16 CA: R IE: 15 PT: M/16
Runtime: 106
In 2002, a young cab driver picked up a few passengers near his home in Afghanistan... He never returned
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
Using the torture and death in 2002 of an innocent Afghan taxi driver as the touchstone, this film examines changes after 9/11 in U.S. policy toward suspects in the war on terror. Soldiers, their attorneys, one released detainee, U.S. Attorney John Yoo, news footage and photos tell a story of abuse at Bagram Air Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo Bay. From Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Gonzalez came unwritten orders to use any means necessary. The CIA and soldiers with little training used sleep deprivation, sexual assault, stress positions, waterboarding, dogs and other terror tactics to seek information from detainees. Many speakers lament the loss of American ideals in pursuit of security.
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