Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Taxi to the Dark Side
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Taxi to the Dark Side). Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 46m. Taxi to the Dark Side is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Taxi to the Dark Side| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | Taxi to the Dark Side | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Alex Gibney |
| Main cast | – | Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring, Carl Levin |
Synopsis
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…
Taxi to the Dark Side
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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