Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Taxi to the Dark Side on HBO

Last night, Taxi to the Dark Side premiered on HBO. The Oscars' "Best Documentary" reveals in disturbing detail how the US government condoned torture in the wake of 9/11, first in Guantanamo and then in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the sweeping policy narrative is anchored in the smaller story of the driver of the titular taxi: Dilawar, a young Afhgani man who had never spent a day apart from his father and mother until he was arrested and delivered to the US military. Five days later he was dead ... More »