Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
Director
Alex Gibney
Main cast
Brian Keith Allen; Moazzam Begg; Christopher Beiring; Alex Gibney
Genres
Documentary
Description
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
Alex Gibney
Main cast
Brian Keith Allen; Moazzam Begg; Christopher Beiring; Alex Gibney
Genres
Documentary
Description
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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