Taxi to the Dark Side is an Academy Award-winning documentary film that examines U.S. torture and interrogation practices of prisoners at in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, through the investigation into the death of an Afghan taxi driver. In 2007 and 2008, the film won many film awards and nominations.
Awards
- 2008 Winner: Best Documentary Feature Academy Award
- 2008 Winner: Peabody Awards
- 2008 Winner: Adolf Grimme Award at the Adolf Grimme Awards in Germany
- 2008 Winner: Documentary Screenplay Award from the Writers Guild of America, USA
- 2007 Winner: Best Documentary Award at the Tribeca Film Festival
- 2007 Winner: Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival
- 2007 Winner: Best Documentary Feature, Jury Award at the Ojai Film Festival
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Taxi to the Dark Side Reviews and Articles
- Metacritic.com: Taxi to the Dark Side Reviews
- RogerEbert.com: Taxi to the Dark Side Review (February 7, 2008)
- The New York Times: Taxi to the Dark Side Review (January 18, 2008)
- Entertainment Weekly: Taxi to the Dark Side (January 16, 2008)
- "Where No End is cool and measured, Taxi is hot, anguished, and sometimes as difficult to watch as pictures of torture ought to be."
- Variety: Taxi to the Dark Side Review (2007)
- Think Progress: Discovery Channel Drops Plans To Air Taxi To The Dark Side... (February 8, 2008)
- Salon.com: Conversations: Alex Gibney (January 18, 2008)
- The New York Times: "The Power of Authority: A Dark Tale" (2007)
- Atlantic Free Press: Rumsfeld and the Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
- Salon.com: "Beyond the Multiplex" (2007)
- BBC News: "Torture Film Wins Tribeca Award" (2007)
- WashingtonPost.com: "Down a Dark Road" (2007)
- Rotten Tomatoes: MPAA Rejects Taxi to the Dark Side Poster (2007)