
Taxi To The Dark Side, director Alex Gibney’s look at the US policy on torture in Afghanistan and Iraq, won the Oscar for “Best Outstanding Documentary Feature” at last night’s awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
In accepting the award, Gibney said, “Here’s to all doc filmmakers,” and then went on to dedicate the award to Dilawar, the Afghan cab driver whose death provides the film with its throughline and title, and to his own late father, a former Navy interrogator, noting “his fury about what was being done to the rule of law.”
Taxi to the Dark Side was one of three nominees that touched on the war in Iraq.
Gibney will be in attendance at the March 3rd screening of Taxi to the Dark Side at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 5th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
Some tickets still remain for the screening. Call 416-968-FILM (3456) for more information.











