Dilawar was detained by U.S. troops...... Five days later, he was dead.
Mike Dobson | 05.03.2008 18:40 | Culture | Iraq | Terror War
Taxi to the Dark Side, tells the story of Dilawar, an Afghan taxi driver from a small farming village. In 2002, Dilawar was detained by U.S. troops and taken to the U.S. Military's Bagram Airbase. Five days later, he was dead.
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The Current for March 5, 2008
The Current: Part 3
Feature Interview - Taxi To the Dark Side
In the midst of all the glitz and glamour at the 2008 Academy Awards, there was a brief moment of gravity when director Alex Gibney took to the stage to accept the Oscar for best documentary. During his speech he implored the audience to "turn away from the dark side and return to the light."
His film, Taxi to the Dark Side, tells the story of Dilawar, an Afghan taxi driver from a small farming village. In 2002, Dilawar was detained by U.S. troops and taken to the U.S. Military's Bagram Airbase. Five days later, he was dead.
The documentary takes the audience from Afghanistan to Iraq to Guantanamo Bay and explores how prisoners are treated by U.S. soldiers in each setting. It also takes on the difficult issue of state-sanctioned torture.
Listen to The Current:Part 3
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/media/200803/20080305thecurrent_sec3.ram
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2008/200803/20080305.html
The Current for March 5, 2008
The Current: Part 3
Feature Interview - Taxi To the Dark Side
In the midst of all the glitz and glamour at the 2008 Academy Awards, there was a brief moment of gravity when director Alex Gibney took to the stage to accept the Oscar for best documentary. During his speech he implored the audience to "turn away from the dark side and return to the light."
His film, Taxi to the Dark Side, tells the story of Dilawar, an Afghan taxi driver from a small farming village. In 2002, Dilawar was detained by U.S. troops and taken to the U.S. Military's Bagram Airbase. Five days later, he was dead.
The documentary takes the audience from Afghanistan to Iraq to Guantanamo Bay and explores how prisoners are treated by U.S. soldiers in each setting. It also takes on the difficult issue of state-sanctioned torture.
Listen to The Current:Part 3
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/media/200803/20080305thecurrent_sec3.ram http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2008/200803/20080305.html
Mike Dobson