You are Cordially Invited to a Film Screening of
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
A Human Rights Award Winning Documentary
At LEITRIM LOUNGE, WICKLOW TOWN
On Tuesday, 20th January, 2009, 8pm, Admission €10 at the door
This fundraising event is in aid of WICKLOW GREEN PARTY
Taxi to the Dark Side. Dir: Alex Gibney USA 2007. 106 minutes Cert: 18’s
This Oscar-winning documentary is framed by the story of Dilawar, a young Afghan taxi driver who picked up three passengers in December 2002 and never returned home. Five days later he was dead, murdered by American soldiers while detailed at Bagram. He was a complete innocent, the wrong man in the wrong place; his passengers, also innocent, were sent to Guantanamo for two years of similar treatment before the international community forced their release. The sheer horror on display goes against every value a so-called Christian nation should hold. The material here is almost overwhelming in its depiction of evil and injustice being perpetrated by a nation that prides itself in being the world’s good guy. The even more horrifying truth is that we don’t want to hear these things. Winner – Best Documentary Film /80th Annual Academy Awards®
