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Synopsis

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TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE, directed by Alex Gibney, Oscar Winner this year for Best Documentary, confirms his standing as one of the foremost non-fiction filmmakers working today. A stunning inquiry into the suspicious death of an Afghani taxi driver at Bagram air base in 2002, the film is a fastidiously assembled, uncommonly well-researched examination of how an innocent civilian was apprehended, imprisoned, tortured, and ultimately murdered by the greatest democracy on earth. Intermingling documents and records of the incident with candid testimony from eyewitnesses and participants, the film uncovers an inescapable link between the tragic incidents that unfolded in Bagram and the policies made at the very highest level of the United States government in Washington, D.C. Combining the cool detachment of a forensic expert with the heated indignation of a proud American who holds his country to a high standard, Gibney’s film reveals how the Bush administration has systematically betrayed the very ideals it professes to uphold.

Film Information

• Genre: Documentary
• Director: Alex Gibney
• Written By: Alex Gibney
• Running Time: 106 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for disturbing images and content involving torture and graphic nudity
• Language: English
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Reviews

"A triumph not of reporting but of synthesis."

   - J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader

"A rage-inducing expose."

   - Tamara Straus, San Francisco Chronicle

"This movie does not describe the America I learned about in civics class, or think of when I pledge allegiance to the flag. Yet I know I will get the usual e-mails accusing me of partisanship, bias, only telling one side, etc. What is the other side? See this movie, and you tell me."

   - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"It is, at once, among the most riveting and hard-to-watch documentaries of recent years."

   - Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore Sun

"Where "No End" is cool and measured, Taxi is hot, anguished, and sometimes as difficult to watch as pictures of torture ought to be."

   - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

Showtimes

• Wednesday, March 19th
  7:00 pm
• Thursday, March 20th
  7:00 pm
• Friday, March 21st
  4:30 pm
• Saturday, March 22nd
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm
• Sunday, March 23rd
  4:30 pm
• Monday, March 24th
  4:30 pm, 6:45 pm
• Tuesday, March 25th
  4:15 pm