David Shuster, Deema Khatib, Donald Rumsfeld
Startling and powerful, Control Room is a documentary about the Arab television network Al-Jazeera's coverage of the U.S.-led Iraqi war, and conflicts that arose in managed perceptions of truth...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
Stats: 320 reviews
Good film, very insightful into the life of journalists on the front line. Al-Jazeera opens its doors to the cameras and shows us what they really stand for (and what?s really going on, bare in mind, half of the staff are westerners who have worked for Fox, BBC etc). Probably a l...( read more)
I did not know what this movie was about goin in, but I really liked it. I thought it was very refreshing to see a new take on the media and its coverage of the war in Iraq. There's a little more immediacy to this movie than contemplation, and I was expecting a little more commen...( read more)
After you watch Control Room, you'll be entertained, educated, and you'll think of the world in a completey different way. This is positiviely gripping. The best documentay I've ever seen.
March, 2003. In Baghdad, life goes on. In Qatar, Jehane Noujaim is persuading the management and staff of Al Jazeer - the most popular Arab television news network - to let her watch them cover the coming invasion of Iraq.
This is fly-on-the-wall stuff. Noujaim gets journalists ...( read more)
An excellent examination of media practices during the invasion of Iraq. Not what I was expecting. Once again shows how the Bush administration used extensive propaganda in support of the war.
A great documentary that shows the views and opinions of a people and a network that we don't get to see. Whether you agree or not, it still is quite interesting to see the other side of the arguement.
An enlightening documentary about how the U.S. networks and the Arab satellite news channel Al Jazeera covered the early days of the war in Iraq. full review
This modest yet necessary documentary digs into the tussle between bias and balance in modern journalism and sends you out debating where one side's reporting becomes the other side's distortion. full review
An eye-opening, important film that examines the war in Iraq from both Arab and Western perspectives. full review
The mood of Jehane Noujaim's bristling documentary about Al Jazeera, the satellite news network, is both frenetic and grim. full review
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