Taxi to the Dark Side
An investigative filmmaker risks his career to uncover the hidden truth behind a U.S. soldier’s brutal killing of an innocent Afghan taxi driver, exposing a system of secret torture that threatens to upend public trust in wartime justice.
“In 2002, a young cab driver picked up a few passengers near his home in Afghanistan... He never returned”
Synopsis
A detailed examination of U.S. torture methods employed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, with a focus on the case of an innocent Afghan taxi driver who was subjected to torture and killed in 2002.
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Edited by Sloane KlevinShot by Maryse AlbertiScored by Ivor Guest
Box Office
2008 · Box office
Produced on a $1.0M budget
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$1.0M
Also known as
- Taxi zur Höllede
- Un taxi pour l'enferfr
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Alex Gibney
as Narrator
Brian Keith Allen
as Soldier - New York Studio Shoot Reenactment
Moazzam Begg
as Self - Torture Victim
Christopher Beiring
as Self - Captain
Willie Brand
as Self - Military Police
George W Bush
as Self
Jack Cafferty
as Self
Brian Cammack
as Self - Military Police
William Cassara
as Self - Attorney
Doug Cassel
as Self - Professor
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1Writers
1Producers
3Other crew
5Parents Guide
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