Taxi To The Dark Side
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Overview of Taxi to the dark side
• Director: Alex Gibney• Writer (WGA): Alex Gibney (written by)• Contact: View company contact information
for Taxi to the Dark Side on IMDbPro. • Release Date: 13 June 2008 (UK)• Genre: Documentary• Tagline: In 2002, a young cab driver picked
up a few passengers near his home in Afghanistan... He never returned.
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Overview of Taxi to the dark side
• Plot: 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.
• Awards: Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 2 nomina-
tions
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Summary of movie
• Using the torture and death in 2002 of an in-nocent 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 de-
tainee, U.S. Attorney John Yoo, news footage and photos tell a story of abuse at Bagram Air Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo Bay.
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Summary of movie
• 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 posi-tions, water boarding, 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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Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations
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