Taxi to the Dark Side

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American film documentary film political documentary

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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Taxi to the Dark Side canonical 8

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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 ⓘ