Taxi to the Dark Side
“In 2002, a young cab driver picked up a few passengers near his home in Afghanistan... He never returned”
2008•1h 46m•6.9•Released
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
Director
Alex Gibney
Writer
Alex Gibney
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
Wider Film Projects
Cast
Alex Gibney
Narrator (voice)
Brian Keith Allen
Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment
Moazzam Begg
Self - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg)
Christopher Beiring
Self - Captain
Carl Levin
Self
Jack Reed
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Wider Film Projects
Company
Jigsaw Productions
Producer
Alex Gibney
Producer
Susannah Shipman
Producer
Eva Orner
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