Control Room
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-01-15
Runtime: 84 mins
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Writer: Julia Bacha, Jehane Noujaim
Spoken language: English, العربية
Genres: Documentary, War
Original title: Control Room
Production Companies: The Othrs, Noujaim Films
Production Countries: Qatar, United States of America, Denmark, United Kingdom
Cast
Samir Khader
Josh Rushing
Hassan Ibrahim
Abdul Jabbar Al-Kubeisi
Nabeel Khoury
David Shuster
Tom Mintier
Muafak Tawfik
Omar Al-Issawi
Jihad Ali Ballout
George W. Bush
Donald Rumsfeld
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