And the film Taxi to the Dark Side took the Oscar last night for best documentary. The film reveals the story of an Afghan taxi driver who was detained by the United States and then tortured to death. This is director Alex Gibney’s acceptance speech.

Alex Gibney: “Thank you very much, Academy. Here’s to all doc filmmakers. And truth is, I think my dear wife Anne was kind of hoping I’d make a romantic comedy, but honestly, after Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, extraordinary rendition, that simply wasn’t possible. This is dedicated to two people who are no longer with us: Dilawar, the young Afghan taxi driver, and my father, a Navy interrogator, who urged me to make this film because of his fury about what was being done to the rule of law. Let’s hope we can turn this country around, move away from the dark side and back to the light. Thank you very much.”

The documentary made headlines earlier this month when the Discovery Channel announced it had dropped plans to air the film. Gibney said the network had told him that the film’s controversial content might damage Discovery’s public offering. Last week, HBO bought the rights to the film from Discovery.