Taxi to the Dark Side Scores Three EMMY Nominations

Oscar and Peabody Award-Winning Documentary Taxi to the Dark Side may add some EMMYs to its mantel. The film, co-produced and edited by Sloane Klevin of bicoastal Union Editorial, has been honored with three nominations: Oustanding Investigative Journalism-Long Form; Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research; and Best Documentary. 

Taxi to the Dark Side, which had its U.S. premiere on HBO in April and is available on DVD, is a feature-length documentary about an Afghan cabbie who died in U.S. military custody. The film raises disturbing questions about interrogation techniques and U.S. wartime policies. It earned director/writer Alex Gibney his first Oscar, and marked his second Academy Award nomination, following 2005′s Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Klevin’s next project with Gibney is a 20-minute section of the feature documentary "Freakonomics." Based on the best-selling book, the film is comprised of five 20-minute chapters, each from a different award-winning documentary filmmaker. Gibney’s segment is about corruption in Sumo wrestling and its being shot in Japan and Hawaii.

Klevin’s recent work includes a campaign for the new season of HBO’s critically acclaimed series "True Blood," directed by Maurice Marable of Believe Media. She is currently at work on another project with Marable, a short film for the Glamour Woman of the Year Awards. On the commercial front, Klevin is cutting a 5-spot Chico’s campaign for director Peggy Sirota (Pretty Bird).