

Control Room
2004 · Movie · 1h 24m
DocumentaryWar
"Different channels. Different truths."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
79/100
Key crew
- Jehane NoujaimDirector
- Julia BachaWriter
- Jehane NoujaimWriter
- Thomas DeRenzoOriginal Music Composer
- Hani SalamaOriginal Music Composer
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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Themes
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