Oscars: SA-produced doccie rides way to success

LOS ANGELES – ‘Taxi on the Dark Side’, one of the films made for the South African co-ordinated, global documentary project ‘Why Democracy?’, won the Documentary Feature award at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held on Sunday night.

South African producer and film maker, Don Edkins, was the Executive Producer of the film. Director Alex Gibney’s film tells the story of an Afghan taxi driver tortured to death by the American government as part of its ‘War on Terror’ and was one of 10 films in the ‘Why Democracy?’ documentary project.Director Alex Gibney’s film tells the story of an Afghan taxi driver tortured to death by the American government as part of its ‘War on Terror’ and was one of 10 films in the ‘Why Democracy?’ documentary project.