Former Monash Student Wins Academy Award
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- February 26th, 2008
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Former Monash Student Wins Academy Award
Monash Arts graduate, Eva Orner has won an Academy Award for her role as producer of 2008’s Best Feature Documentary film, Taxi to the Dark Side.
Eva was one of only two Australians nominated for an Oscar and beat out Michael Moore, who was favourite to take out the Best Documentary category for his film, Sicko.
Orner completed her Monash degree in 1993 and has been producing documentaries in New York for the past three years after making a name for herself as an independent producer in Melbourne on shows such as Blue Heelers.
‘Taxi to the Dark Side’ follows Carlotta Gall, a reporter for the New York Times, as she investigates the 2002 death of 22 year old Afghan taxi driver, Dilawar whist in detention at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Taxi to the Dark Side also examines America’s policy on torture and interrogation in general.
His death was officially declared by the US military to be from natural causes but Gall uncovers otherwise.
Taxi to the Dark Side goes on to examine America’s policy on torture and interrogation in general, specifically the CIA’s use of torture and their research into sensory deprivation.
Eva previously won a Logie Award for SBS in 1995 for her first film, Untold Desires.