Taxi to the Dark Side
Jan 18 2008
•2h 46m
•Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
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Brian Keith Allen
Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment
Moazzam Begg
Himself - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg)
Christopher Beiring
Himself - Captain
Alex Gibney
Narrator (voice)
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