[Peace-discuss] Art Theatre and Mr. Boardman respond: Taxi to the Dark Side (3/14)

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

I guess it doesn't hurt to ask!
JAN K

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Greg Boardman's Theatres <greg at BoardmansTheatres.com>
> Date: March 10, 2008 2:26:44 PM CDT
> To: Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com>
> Subject: Re: Taxi to the Dark Side.
>
> Hello,
> I was already looking into it, but because you asked... :)
> It starts this Friday, March 14.
> I have to show it from DVD instead of 35mm film though, because of a 
> sparsity of prints.
> Greg
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2008, at 7:19 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse wrote:
>
>> Dear Mr. Boardman:
>> A number of people have asked if the ART Theatre in Champaign might 
>> be willing to show Taxi to the Dark Side.
>> I was asked my members of a local peace and justice group to write 
>> and see if you might consider showing this film.
>> Below is information about the film and a link to the official 
>> website.  The information is from Wikipedia.
>> Thank you for considering this film for showing at Champaign/Urbana's 
>> Art Theatre.
>> Sincerely, 
>> JAN Kruse
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.taxitothedarkside.com/
>>
>>
>> Taxi to the Dark Side is an Academy Award winning 2007 documentary 
>> film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by Eva 
>> Orner.[1]
>> The film focuses around the controversial death in custody of an 
>> Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar.[2] Dilawar was beaten to death by 
>> American soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention at the 
>> Bagram Air Base.
>> Taxi to the Dark Side also goes on to examine America's policy on 
>> torture and interrogation in general, specifically the CIA's use of 
>> torture and their research into sensory deprivation. There is 
>> description of the opposition to the use of torture from its 
>> political and military opponents, as well as the defence of such 
>> methods; the attempts by Congress to uphold the standards of the 
>> Geneva Convention forbidding torture; and the popularisation of the 
>> use of torture techniques in shows such as 24.
>> The film is said to be the first film to contain images taken within 
>> Bagram Air Base.
>>
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