Taxi to the Dark Side has just won this year's Oscar for Best Documentary.
This powerful film about US military policy and prisoner detention practices
has global implications but also has immediate local connections: an
interview with John Hutson, Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center and Chair of
the greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, is featured in the film.



Red River Theatres is proud to announce a special TWO NIGHTS ONLY screening
of Taxi to the Dark Side, March 4 and 5, 2008. And on March 5 only, we
invite you to join us for a post-film discussion with Retired Rear Admiral,
U.S. Navy, and current Dean of Franklin Pierce Law School, John Hutson.

Showtimes:

Tuesday, March 4: 8 pm

Wednesday, March 5: 7 pm, followed by Q&A with John Hutson

Location: Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street, Concord, NH. Tel:
224-4600.



Film synopsis:

Taxi to the Dark Side (2008/USA/Dir: Alex Gibney/107 min/Jigsaw Productions)
tells the story of a young taxi driver who was arrested in 2002 by the
American military while carrying passengers in a deserted area of
Afghanistan. He was taken to Bagram Air Base and found dead five days later.
The mystery surrounding Dilawar's death by beating provided the basis for
the documentary made by Australian producer Eva Orner and writer-director
Alex Gibney, a journalist turned filmmaker.

Taxi to the Dark Side coolly and impartially shows the chain of decisions
and policies post-9/11 from the White House and the Pentagon that sent the
US down the path of violating not only the Geneva Convention, but also US
law and international law in defining torture and detention practices for
terrorist suspects. The film raises powerful questions about what these
policies might mean for the future of what most Americans hold to be one
our founding moral principles: justice. (Advisory: the film includes
graphic photographs)

WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:

** A riveting masterpiece! Unforgettable! Hands-down the best documentary
of the year. An unmissable film. -Scott Hoffman, MoviePictureFilm.com

** Few documentaries have mounted as persuasive an argument as Taxi to the
Dark Side. It is a devastating account of detainees killed, soldiers
corrupted and principles abandoned. It should be required viewing for
anyone who thinks that torture should be part of the military arsenal.
-Daniel Eagan, Film Journal International

Read about Taxi to the Dark Side at:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/taxi_to_the_dark_side/


To purchase tickets online, visit us at
http://www.redrivertheatres.org/box_events.php