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

[Morton K. Brussel]

Fantastic! Thanks!  --mkb

On Mar 10, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse wrote:

> 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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