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Film / 2004
Control Room
Directed by
Jehane Noujaim
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did …
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A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.
Cast
Samir KhaderSelf - Senior Producer, Al Jazeera
Josh RushingSelf (as Lt. Josh Rushing)
Hassan IbrahimSelf - Reporter, Al Jazeera
Abdul Jabbar Al-KubeisiSelf - Iraqi Dissident
Nabeel KhourySelf - Spokesman, US State Department
David ShusterSelf - Correspondent, MSNBC
Tom MintierSelf - Correspondent, CNN
Muafak TawfikSelf - Translator, Al Jazeera
Omar Al-IssawiSelf - Correspondent, Al Jazeera
Jihad Ali BalloutSelf - Media Relations, Al Jazeera
George W. BushSelf - US President (archive footage)
Donald RumsfeldSelf - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
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