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OSI Grantee Airs Production on U.S.-Sponsored Torture in the “War on Terror”
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow launched Culture Project's "Blueprint for Accountability" series with a gripping evening on the need for accountability for U.S.-sponsored torture in the “war on terror.” This first episode (view clip above) is titled Working the Dark Side.
In a multimedia production fusing live theater and journalism, Maddow was joined by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ron Suskind, Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded U.S. troops in Iraq during 2003–2004. The evening, directed by Fisher Stevens, featured performances by Liev Schreiber, John Leguizamo, Noah Emmerich, and Julianna Margulies.
At the event, Lt. General Sanchez generated breaking news when he called for a truth commission on the failure of military and civilian command to honor the pledge of the U.S. Constitution. Sanchez is the first major figure from the Iraq War to go on record calling for a truth commission.
Working the Dark Side was produced for television by Link TV, an Open Society Institute grantee and Culture Project's media partner on the "Blueprint for Accountability" series.
