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Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by him, Eva Orner and Susannah Shipman. It won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It focuses on the December 2002 killing of an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, who was beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention and interrogated at the Parwan Detention Facility at Bagram air base.
It was part of the Why Democracy? series, which consisted of ten documentary films from around the world questioning and examining contemporary democracy. As part of this series, the documentary was broadcast in over 30 countries from October 8–18, 2007. The BBC showed the film in its Storyville series.
Original Release
04/30/2007
US Release
04/30/2007
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Brian Keith Allen | Soldier - New York Studio Shoot Reenactment |
| Moazzam Begg | Himself - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg) / Self - Torture Victim |
| Christopher Beiring | Himself - Captain / Self - Captain |
| Alex Gibney | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
| Willie Brand | Self - Military Police |
| George W. Bush | Self |
| Jack Cafferty | Self |
| Brian Cammack | Self - Military Police |
| William Cassara | Self - Attorney |
| Doug Cassel | Self - Professor |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Brian Keith Allen | Soldier - New York Studio Shoot Reenactment |
| Moazzam Begg | Himself - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg) / Self - Torture Victim |
| Christopher Beiring | Himself - Captain / Self - Captain |
| Alex Gibney | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
| Willie Brand | Self - Military Police |
| George W. Bush | Self |
| Jack Cafferty | Self |
| Brian Cammack | Self - Military Police |
| William Cassara | Self - Attorney |
| Doug Cassel | Self - Professor |
| Dick Cheney | Self |
| Jack Cloonan | Self - Former FBI Agent |
| Damien Corsetti | Self - Military Interrogator |
| Thomas Curtis | Self - Sergeant: Military Police |
| Greg D'Agostino | Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment |
| Ken Davis | Self - US Army Sgt. |
| Lynndie England | Self |
| Tommy Franks | Self - General |
| Carlotta Gall | Self - New York Times Reporter |
| John Galligan | Self - Attorney |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Mette Heide | Executive Producer |
| Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Sidney Blumenthal | Executive Producer |
| Don Edkins | Executive Producer |
| Don Glascoff | Executive Producer |
| Robert Johnson | Executive Producer |
| Jedd Wider | Executive Producer |
| Todd Wider | Executive Producer |
| Alex Gibney | Producer |
| Eva Orner | Producer |
| Susannah Shipman | Producer |
| Hans Robert Eisenhauer | Producer |
| Blair Foster | Producer |
| Sloane Klevin | Producer |
| Martin Fisher | Producer |
| Jannat Gargi | Producer |
Editors
Clips
Taxi To The Dark Side: Scene 2
Taxi To The Dark Side: Scene 1
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2008 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Won |
