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Taxi to the Dark Side

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•6.9/10
Documentary

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6.9/10(248)

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.

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Production

Wider Film Projects, Jigsaw Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Alex Gibney

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

Carl Levin

Self

Jack Reed

Jack Reed

Self (archive footage)

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