Taxi to the Dark Side

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Taxi to the Dark Side is an Academy Award–winning documentary film that investigates the U.S. government’s use of torture and detainee abuse during the War on Terror.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
documentary film
political documentary
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
surface form: Emmy Award for Best Documentary (news and documentary)

Peabody Award
awardYear 2008
cinematography Maryse Alberti
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes legal justifications for torture by U.S. officials
depicts Abu Ghraib prison
Bagram Theater Internment Facility
U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay
surface form: Guantanamo Bay detention camp
director Alex Gibney
distributor THINKFilm
editor Sari Gilman
examines Bush administration interrogation policies
extraordinary rendition
use of sleep deprivation
use of stress positions
focusesOn death of Dilawar
genre documentary
political film
war documentary
hasTheme accountability of government officials
human rights
rule of law
language English
musicBy Ilan Eshkeri
narrator Alex Gibney
nominatedFor Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Writers Guild of America Award
surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay
premiereAt Tribeca Film Festival
producer Alex Gibney
Eva Orner
Susannah Shipman
productionCompany Jigsaw Productions
releaseDate 2007-04-28
releaseYear 2007
runtimeMinutes 106
setDuring War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: Afghanistan War (post-2001)

Iraq War
subject U.S. government interrogation policies
Global War on Terrorism
surface form: War on Terror

detainee abuse
torture
titleOrigin nickname of Dilawar’s taxi
writer Alex Gibney

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Maryse Alberti workedOn Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney notableWork Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney directed Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney subjectOf Taxi to the Dark Side
THINKFilm distributed Taxi to the Dark Side
Jigsaw Productions hasNotableWork Taxi to the Dark Side
Eva Orner notableWork Taxi to the Dark Side
Susannah Shipman notableWork Taxi to the Dark Side