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Taxi to the Dark Side

Cinema Arts Centre
Huntington, NY

In Person: Producer Donald Glascoff and Kristopher Goldsmith, Iraq Veterans Against the War

Admission includes post-screening reception.

Alex Gibneys (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) Taxi From the Dark Side is a shocking documentary about the Bush administrations use of torture when dealing with political prisoners. The title is derived from the treatment meted out to an Afghani taxi driver named Dilawar, who was mistakenly fingered as a terrorist, then killed during a torture session conducted by American troops. Gibney uses comprehensive details surrounding the taxi drivers death as a starting point in his search for the people who have permitted such incidents to occur. Gut-wrenching pictures from Abu-Ghraib feature alongside interviews with military personnel (some of whom tortured Dilawar) as Gibneys search heads into the upper echelons of the military and, ultimately, into the Bush regime itself. Perhaps the most eye-opening scenes come from a press trip to the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, where Gibney and others are given a tour of the facilities, including the site gift shop, where gallows humor is stretched to breaking point with the sale of souvenir t-shirts bearing the legend Behavior Modification Instructor.

USA, 2007, 106 min., color

Note: Tickets can also be purchased at the CAC box office during regular theater hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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