Doctors of the Dark Side

Name: Doctors of the Dark Side
Director: Martha Davis
Genre: Documentary, Crime, History
Released: 2011-01-01
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Diane Davis, Lee Aaron Rosen, Gian-Murray Gianino, Mercedes Ruehl

Directed by Martha Davis

Documentary

Crime

History

20111h 14m6.8

Overview

Doctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of physicians and psychologists in detainee torture. The stories of four detainees and the doctors involved in their abuse demonstrate how US Army and CIA doctors implemented the Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and covered up signs of torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Interviews with medical, legal and intelligence experts and evidence from declassified government memos document what has been called the greatest scandal in American medical ethics. Based on four years of research by Producer/Director Martha Davis, written by Oscar winning Mark Jonathan Harris, and filmed in HD by Emmy winning DP Lisa Rinzler, the film shows how the torture of detainees could not continue without the assistance of the doctors.