Jonathan 'DJK' Kim reviews the documentary 'Taxi to the Dark Side'. fame.. Taxi‘s title refers to a young Afghan cab driver named Dilawar, whose plight was made public several years ago in a series of articles … In December 2002, Dilawar picked up some passengers in his taxi only to be accused of being a terrorist connected to a recent rocket attack. But the film quickly becomes one of the most powerful, carefully researched investigations of the moral-legal side effects of current American military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. The film tells of an Afghan taxi driver called Dilawar. Jonathan 'DJK' Kim reviews the documentary 'Taxi to the Dark Side'. The film was written and directed by Alex Gibney, of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Who Killed the Electric Car? Taxi to the Dark Side is the unfortunate tale of a taxi driver, Dilawar, who was apprehended in 2002 and beaten to death by American Soldiers while being held in the detention facility at Bagram Air Base. Taxi to the Dark Side accomplishes what a documentary, or just a concise analysis, regarding all of the facts in one of the many nightmares the United States' involvement in the middle east should: to inspire the utmost disgust and condemnation of a system that has become as corrupt as it has (or rather always has been with this bunch). It's terrifying in a way that sneaks up on you. The Oscars' "Best Documentary" reveals in disturbing detail how the US government condoned torture in the wake of 9/11, first in Guantanamo and then in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taxi to the Dark Side. Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney, and produced by him, Eva Orner, and Susannah Shipman. Last night, Taxi to the Dark Side premiered on HBO. It won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Alex Gibney's Oscar-winning documentary 'Taxi to the Dark Side' tells the story of the Bush administration's torture policy through the case of Dilawar, an Afghani taxi driver with no ties to Al Qaeda who was tortured to death while in US custody at Bagram prison. It focuses on the December 2002 killing of an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, who was beaten to death Initially, it seems that Alex Gibney's military-torture documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," will be a work of speculation and spotty recall. Even after an Oscar win, Alex Gibney's controversial documentary about U.S. torture policy is having trouble getting distribution. But the sweeping policy narrative is anchored in the smaller story of the driver of the titular taxi: Dilawar, a young Afhgani man who had never spent a day … Alex Gibney’s gripping documentary Taxi to the Dark Side tells of one such cover-up, that the US government fought to keep it from the public eye. This past week, I had the opportunity to check out the Oscar-winning detainee torture documentary Taxi to the Dark Side.. Alex Gibney's Oscar-winning documentary 'Taxi to the Dark Side' tells the story of the Bush administration's torture policy through the case of Dilawar, an Afghani taxi driver with no ties to Al Qaeda who was tortured to death while in US custody at Bagram prison. As detailed in Alex Gibney's devastating documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side, Dilawar's demise was officially termed a homicide, like the first detainee to die at Bagram, Habibullah.