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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → documentary film → political documentary →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature → Emmy Award for Best Documentary (news and documentary) → Peabody Award →
awardYear	2008 →
cinematography	Maryse Alberti →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
criticizes	legal justifications for torture by U.S. officials →
depicts	Abu Ghraib prison → Bagram Theater Internment Facility → Guantanamo Bay detention camp →
director	Alex Gibney →
distributor	THINKFilm →
editor	Sari Gilman NERFINISHED →
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 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	Afghanistan War (post-2001) → Iraq War →
subject	U.S. government interrogation policies → War on Terror → detainee abuse → torture →
titleOrigin	nickname of Dilawar’s taxi →
writer	Alex Gibney →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alex Gibney →	directed
Alex Gibney →	notableWork
Alex Gibney →	subjectOf
Maryse Alberti →	workedOn