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Taxi to the Dark Side

Documentary

2008, Movie, 1h 46min

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.

Country: United States

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Reviews

Critic Scott Tobias

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...Gibney gets an impressive number of people on record, from those MPs directly involved in Dilawar's case to the men inWashington who helped formulate...interrogation standards that left a lot of room for interpretation.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Will Lawrence

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...the film’s imagery is profoundly disturbing, the grimmest horrors rendered by scenes of psychological, rather than physical, persecution.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Marc Savlov

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Gibney's tone is rightfully outraged...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Roger Ebert

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This movie does not describe the America I learned about in civics class, or think of when I pledge allegiance to the flag.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

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"Taxi to the Dark Side" is a chilling documentary that exposes the brutal truth behind the US military's use of torture in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay. The film tells the story of Dilawar, an innocent Afghan taxi driver who was arrested, tortured, and killed in 2002, and the investigation that followed his death. Through interviews with journalists, military personnel, and prisoners, the documentary reveals the devastating consequences of a policy that sanctioned torture and violated human rights. A powerful and thought-provoking exposé that sheds light on the dark side of the war on terror.

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