Description:
Showing May 2nd and 3rd - Taxi to the Dark Side
7:00 PM at the ASMSU Procrastinator Theater in Linfield Hall Room 125 - Admission is Free!
2008 Academy Award winner for best documentary!
The ASMSU Procrastinator Theater, in conjunction with the Bozeman Film Festival present a free public screening of “Taxi to the Dark Side,” May 2nd and 3rd at 7:00 pm.
Synopsis Dilawar, a 22-year-old taxi driver from rural Afghanistan, was handed over to occupying US forces as a suspected terrorist. After a year in Bagram-an American military prison-Dilawar was returned to his family, dead. The death certificate, written in English, identified Dilawar's cause of death as homicide. Shortly after his death, new military intelligence confirmed what Dilawar had claimed: he was innocent.
The documentary begins at the Bagram military prison in Afghanistan-the place of Dilawar's death. The film spells out in graphic detail Dilawar's treatment during the interrogation that led to his death. Sympathetic interviews with Dilawar's interrogators probe at the inhuman atmosphere in which normal American soldiers committed appalling acts.
Despite defying the Genova Convention and international human rights law, these interrogation practices were not contained to Bagram. Using revealing interviews, internal memos and military documents, the film follows a pattern of violence and abuse across other American prisons: Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
The film reveals a pattern of facts to suggest these patterns of abuse as the direct and indirect creation of American military command-frequently with absolute or tacit approval from senior-ranking members in the Bush Administration.
"Taxi to the Dark Side" is a terrifying exposé of the dark side of American military prisons. Unrelenting and methodical, Taxi grips its viewer from opening scenes to closing exhortations.
Rated R. 1 hr. 46 mins.
Additional information about the screening is available at: www.montana.edu/procrastinator/taxi
Directions to the Theatre The Procrastinator Theatre is located on the MSU campus, in Linfield Hall, room 125. Enter the building from the South-East entrance. Parking is available in the parking lot on the north side of Linfield Hall. Exit EAST from S 11th Ave. Location and parking information is available at: www.montana.edu/procrastinator/location. Seating is limited to 200 both nights.
Age Group: All Ages Venue: Montana State University Address: The Procrastinator Theatre Phone: N/A
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