Taxi To The Dark Side

Alex Gibney
USA
2007

We also have to work through... the dark side... it’s going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal, basically, to achieve our objective.

106", DigiBeta PAL
Color, English - Pashtu with English subtitles

about the film

Alex Gibney’s Taxi To The Dark Side is a gripping investigation into the reckless abuse of power by the Bush Administration. By probing the homicide of an innocent taxi driver at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, the film exposes a worldwide policy of detention and interrogation that condones torture and the abrogation of human rights. This disturbing and often brutal film is the most incisive examination to date of the Bush Administration’s willingness, in its prosecution of the “war on terror” to undermine the essence of the rule of law. The film asks and answers a key question: What happens when a few men expand the wartime powers of the executive to undermine the very principles on which the United States was founded. The Film was shot in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and various US locations.

about the director

A graduate of Yale University, Alex Gibney also attended the UCLA Graduate School of Film and Television. He received his first Academy Award Nomination for Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, which he wrote, produced and directed. The film received wide critical attention, received an Independent Spirit Award at the Writer’s Guild Award. Gibney is currently in post-production on another documentary feature he directed Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

awards

2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Best Documentary Feature
Newport Film Festival: Best Documentary
Chicago Film Festival: Best Documentary
Ojai Film Festivali: Best Documentary
Gotham Awards: Nominee for Best Documentary

screenings

February 17 Sunday, 1:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1

February 20 Wednesday, 7:30 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1

February 28 Thursday, 7:30 PM AFM CEPA Ankara 4

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