Control Room

2004

84 min

7.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary, War

Director

Jehane Noujaim

Country

Qatar

Cast & Crew

Samir Khader

Josh Rushing

Hassan Ibrahim

Abdul Jabbar Al-Kubeisi

Nabeel Khoury

David Shuster

Tom Mintier

Muafak Tawfik

Omar Al-Issawi

Jihad Ali Ballout

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Control Room

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.

  • Samir Khader

  • Josh Rushing

  • Hassan Ibrahim

  • Abdul Jabbar Al-Kubeisi

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