Featured: Taxi To The Dark Side-BBC Full Length Documentary

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Bio by MysticDave666 Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 Academy Award-nominated documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney. The film focuses around the controversial death in custody of an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar. Dilawar was beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention at the Bagram Air Base. Taxi to the Dark Side also goes on to examine America's policy on torture and interrogation in general, specifically the CIA's use of torture and their research into sensory deprivation. There is description of the opposition to the use of torture from its political and military opponents, as well as the defense of such methods; the attempts by Congress to uphold the standards of the Geneva Convention forbidding torture; and the popularization of the use of torture techniques in shows such as 24. The film is said to be the first film to contain images taken within Bagram Air Base. On November 19, 2007, Taxi to the Dark Side was named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of 15 films on its documentary feature Oscar shortlist, and was ultimately one of five films nominated for a prize in the "Best Documentary Feature" category.....The film did go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. The film is said to be the first film to contain images taken within Bagram Air Base. It is part of the Why Democracy? series, which consists of ten documentary films from around the world questioning and examining contemporary democracy. As part of the series, Taxi to the Dark Side was broadcast in over 30 different countries around the world from October 8--18, 2007. The BBC cut the film to 79 minutes for broadcast.....In my opinion, not the best cutting and editing job on the film (video and sound do not match up perfectly)....but it gets the point across just the same. Check out the official website: http://taxitothedarkside.com/Taxi/ If you care to donate to the cause and keep this channel alive, please click on my paypal link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LXBA... ....If you do not have paypal, donations can be sent to: David Lanier p.o. box 70306 Salt Lake City Utah 84170....Thank you all for the wonderful support.... :) Check out my first book of poetry on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Mystical-Poetry-Politics-mysticdave/dp/1448689082 Check out my blogs: Mystical Poetry and Politics: http://www.mysticalpoetryandpolitics.com/ Mystical Musings and Politics: http://mysticalmusingsandpolitics.blogspot.com/ Live Mystic Music: http://livemysticmusic.blogspot.com/
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