Alex Gibney (ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM) directs this film that won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. By addressing the death of an Afghan cab driver who was under the watch of American soldiers, TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE looks at the actions of George W. Bush and his administration in regards to torture.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/taxi_to_the_dark_side/"Alex Gibney’s Taxi to the Dark Side is the documentary that many of us have prayed for, the one that could break through even to people who relish the torture set pieces on 24 and will hear no evil about the War on Terror." - David Edelstein, New York Magazine
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Gibney has crafted more than just an important document of systemic abuse -- he's stripped the rhetoric from official doublespeak to expose a callous disregard for not only the Geneva Conventions but the vision of the Founding Fathers." Jay Weissberg, Variety
"It's about what we have done (or at least allowed to be done in our name), why we should be ashamed and angry, and whether we have the honor and decency to stop it. If America still has a soul, Alex Gibney is trying to save it." Andrew O'Hehir, salon.com
"From Bagram to Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo, Gibney cunningly traces links up and down the chain of command, exposing how the White House has given more than tacit support to inhuman methods of detention and interrogation." Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
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