In Person: PRODUCER DONALD GLASCOF and

KRISTOPHER GOLDSMITH of Iraq Veterans Against the War, witness at the Winter Soldier hearings

Thursday, May 27 @ 7:30pm

 

$9 Members / $12 Public

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by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. No refunds.

 

Alex Gibney’s (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) Taxi From the Dark Side is a shocking documentary about the Bush administration’s use of torture when dealing with political prisoners. The title is derived from the treatment meted out to an Afghani taxi driver named Dilawar, who was mistakenly fingered as a terrorist, then killed during a torture session conducted by American troops. Gibney uses comprehensive details surrounding the taxi driver’s death as a starting point in his search for the people who have permitted such incidents to occur. Gut-wrenching pictures from Abu-Ghraib feature alongside interviews with military personnel (some of whom tortured Dilawar) as Gibney’s search heads into the upper echelons of the military and, ultimately, into the Bush regime itself. Perhaps the most eye-opening scenes come from a press trip to the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, where Gibney and others are given a tour of the facilities, including the site gift shop, where gallows humor is stretched to breaking point with the sale of souvenir t-shirts bearing the legend Behavior Modification Instructor. USA, 2007, 106 min., color

A portion of the proceeds benefits Iraq Veterans Against the War