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Screening of Academy- Award-winning Documentary Taxi to the Dark Side at Poughkeepsie Day School
Poughkeepsie Day School will screen Taxi to the Dark Side, winner of the 2007 Academy Awards for Best Feature Documentary and Best Documentary Screenplay, on Monday, March 31 in the school's James Earl Jones Theater. The 7pm screening is free and open to the public and will be followed by a panel discussion with PDS parent and executive producer of the film, Donald Glascoff, a lifelong civil-rights advocate and attorney who conceived of the project; Lynn Eckert, Ph.D., chair of the political science department at Marist College; and Mark Lytle, Ph.D., professor of history at Bard College.
Taxi to the Dark Side, the latest documentary from multiple Oscar-nominee Alex Gibney, explores the circumstances surrounding the suspicious death of an Afghani taxi driver at Bagram air base in 2002. Media investigation determined that he had been murdered during interrogation by American soldiers, notwithstanding their determination that he was not a terrorist and was innocent. Intermingling documents and records of the incident with candid testimony from eyewitnesses and participants, the film, according to the documentary's production and distribution company, Think Film, "uncovers an inescapable link between the tragic incidents that unfolded in Bagram and the policies made at the very highest level of the United States government in Washington, D.C. Combining the cool detachment of a forensic expert with the heated indignation of a proud American who holds his country to a high standard, Gibney's film reveals how the Bush administration has systematically betrayed the very ideals it professes to uphold." Due to the film's graphic imagery and mature subject matter, parental discretion is advised and the film is not appropriate for young children.
Poughkeepsie Day School has been developing educated citizens with a passion for learning and living since 1934. It seeks to promote curious and independent learners: critical thinkers who know how to ask questions and solve problems. Respect, responsibility and collaboration are among the hallmarks of the PDS school community. Typically, each year one-hundred per cent of the school's seniors who apply to college are admitted. For directions to the school, visit http:// www.poughkeepsieday.org/ admissions_files/ directions.shtml. For more information on the film, visit http://www.jigsawprods.com/ or contact the communications office (845-462-7600, extension 110).
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