Democracy Now!
With Amy Goodman
"Alex Gibney joins us to talk about his Academy Award win for his documentary Taxi to the Dark Side. The film investigates some of the most egregious abuses associated with the so-called “war on terror.”....
AMY GOODMAN: The only political commentary by an Oscar winner came from the filmmaker who won best documentary for Taxi to the Dark Side. The film reveals the story of an Afghan taxi driver who was detained by the United States, then tortured to death. Director Alex Gibney accepted the award in front of more than thirty million TV viewers.
ALEX GIBNEY: Thank you very much, Academy. Here’s to all doc filmmakers. And truth is, I think my dear wife Anne was kind of hoping I’d make a romantic comedy, but honestly, after Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, extraordinary rendition, that simply wasn’t possible. This is dedicated to two people who are no longer with us: Dilawar, the young Afghan taxi driver, and my father, a Navy interrogator, who urged me to make this film because of his fury about what was being done to the rule of law. Let’s hope we can turn this country around, move away from the dark side and back to the light. Thank you very much......"
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