It will appeal strongly to an audience who saw the U.S. as going down a path of moral turpitude during the Bush era. McCullin My honourable mentions include The Unknown Known, Dirty Wars, 5 … If you enjoyed this movie, I would also recommend: Last Men In Aleppo. Writer-director Gibney has loosely structured his film around the suspicious death of an Afghani taxi driver named Dilawar. “Taxi to the Dark Side’s” title has concrete origins. Initially, it seems that Alex Gibney's military-torture documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," will be a work of speculation and spotty recall. Dealing with events that have taken place during the continuing conflict in Afghanistan, the film looks in disturbing detail at the story of one man - an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar - and the fate that befell him after he was accused of being a terrorist by the US Army. Taxi To The Dark Side is part of the war sub-genre of Documentary 7. Taxi to the Dark Side is a compelling, albeit one sided, look at the United States’ use of torture in the War on Terror. Taxi to the Dark Side opens with an examination of the murder of Dilawar, a 22-year-old taxi driver from the poverty-stricken village of Yakubi in eastern Afghanistan, by US military forces at Bagram Air Base in December 2002. Taxi To The Dark Side is part of the war sub-genre of Documentary 7. But the film quickly becomes one of the most powerful, carefully researched investigations of the moral-legal side effects of current American military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. That is two days before the broadcast of the 80th Academy Awards in which “Taxi” is a nominee for best documentary feature. It's terrifying in a way that sneaks up on you. “Taxi to the Darkside” a probing look into a interrogation Originally published February 8, 2008 at 12:00 am "Taxi to the Darkside" concerns a young Afghani man named Dilawar. Armadillo. Taxi to the Dark Side is the story of Dilawar, an Afghan taxi driver who was detained at Bagram air base in December 2002. Taxi to The Dark Side This 2007 Oscar-winning Doc from Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan. The Story of Dilawar. Armadillo. Yet “Taxi to the Dark Side” can not be written off as old news. Taxi to the Dark Side is a documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney. Even after an Oscar win, Alex Gibney's controversial documentary about U.S. torture policy is having trouble getting distribution. "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. McCullin My honourable mentions include The Unknown Known, Dirty Wars, 5 … Injuries to his legs were compared with those he would have sustained if he had been run over by a truck had he lived it was likely that his legs would have had to have been amputated due to the damage. "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" recounts the creation of the Justice Department's infamous torture memo of August 2002 - withdrawn in 2004, then secretly redrafted in 2005 - … Taxi to the Dark Side insists on an accounting for this "anything." They Shall Not Grow Old. Five days later he was dead. Review: Taxi to the Dark Side. The Fog Of War. They Shall Not Grow Old. Taxi to the Dark Side insists on an accounting for this "anything." Taxi to the Dark Side. Dilawar was taken to Bagram. The taxi in question is a second-hand Toyota driven by a young Afghan called Dilawar. Restrepo. With the outrage of Dilawar’s torture and death as its driving narrative force, “Taxi” gathers disparate threads and weaves them into a sharp-edged picture of how far from our … If you enjoyed this movie, I would also recommend: Last Men In Aleppo. Restrepo. He was innocent. The Fog Of War. Taxi to the Dark Side accomplishes what a documentary, or just a concise analysis, regarding all of the facts in one of the many nightmares the United States' involvement in the middle east should: to inspire the utmost disgust and condemnation of a system that has become as corrupt as it has (or rather always has been with this bunch). In 2002 taxi driver Dilawar was picked up by US forces with his passengers in the desert and taken to Bagram prison in Afghanistan. No war is ever without shocking stories, and that much is proved again in this tough but important documentary. Dilawar’s story serves as the moral center of “Taxi to the Dark Side,” a non-fiction film that opens at the Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis on Feb. 22. Alex Gibney's horrifying documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side" uses the death of Dilawar as an entry point into a remorseless indictment of the Bush administration's unofficially condoned policy of the torture of suspects, which is forbidden by U.S. constitutional and military law and international agreements, but justified under the "necessity" of working the dark side. Synopsis.