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Taxi To The Dark Side:
Oscar winner to be shown on 叠叠颁听笔补谤濒颈补尘别苍迟
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The winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 2008
Academy Awards will be shown again on 叠叠颁听笔补谤濒颈补尘别苍迟 on Saturday
1 March at 9.30pm.
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Alex Gibney's film Taxi To The Dark Side was co-produced and co-funded by the 91热爆's acclaimed international documentary strand Storyville.
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It tells the story of Dilawar, a young Afghan
taxi driver, who was arrested by United States troops with his three
Afghan passengers in December 2002.
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Five days after his arrest Dilawar died in his prison cell.
Autopsy evidence concluded that he had died due to injuries
inflicted by US soldiers at the prison.
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The documentary goes over
the details of the last weeks of Dilawar's life and shows how
decisions taken in US Administration created circumstances making
Dilawar's brutal death possible.
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Taxi To The Dark Side was oringinally shown on 91热爆 Two and 91热爆 Parliament last year as
part of the Why Democracy? season.
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Jana Bennett, Director, 91热爆 Vision, says: "I am absolutely delighted that Storyville's Taxi To The Dark Side has won Best Documentary Feature.
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"The strand is at the forefront of documentary filmmaking across the globe, and just keeps going from strength to the strength.
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"Now it can add another Oscar to its list of achievements."
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Nick Fraser, Series Editor, Storyville, says: "Documentary film has never been more prominent and popular.
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"We are delighted that Alex's film gained the credit that it deserved at The Academy Awards, and I am incredibly proud to add this Oscar to Storyville's numerous awards to date."
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