Taxi to the Dark Side
In 2002, a young cab driver picked up a few passengers near his home in Afghanistan... He never returned
2008 | 106m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Alex Gibney |
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| Writer: | Alex Gibney |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 18, 2008 |
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| Director: | Alex Gibney |
| Writer: | Alex Gibney |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | taxi, afghanistan, guantanamo bay, torture chamber |
| Production Companies | Jigsaw Productions, Wider Film Projects |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $274,661
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 06, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alex Gibney | Narrator (voice) |
| Brian Keith Allen | Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment |
| Moazzam Begg | Self - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg) |
| Christopher Beiring | Self - Captain |
| Carl Levin | Self |
| Jack Reed | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alex Gibney | Writer, Director |
| Maryse Alberti | Director of Photography |
| Ivor Guest | Original Music Composer |
| Sloane Klevin | Editor |
| Gregory Andracke | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Blair Foster | Co-Producer |
| Alex Gibney | Producer |
| Eva Orner | Producer |
| Sloane Klevin | Co-Producer |
| Don Edkins | Executive Producer |
| Martin Fisher | Co-Producer |
| Don Glascoff | Executive Producer |
| Mette Heide | Executive Producer |
| Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Susannah Shipman | Producer |
| Jedd Wider | Executive Producer |
| Todd Wider | Executive Producer |
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