Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

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28 Weeks Later

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A Quiet Place Part II

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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The Shawshank Redemption

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Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope

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Canine Soldiers: The Militarization of Love

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The Forbidden Reel

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In the year following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, young journalist Claude Baechtold finds himself in the war zone of Afghanistan. Not entirely voluntarily, the avowed anti-militarist is dragged by two fearless reporters on a round trip through the entire country.

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Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World

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Afghan Cycles

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