Movie

Control Room

“Different channels. Different truths.”

★ 7.4(61)20041h 24m

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Director: Jehane Noujaim
Release date: 2004-01-22
Runtime: 1h 24m
Language: Arabic
Box office: $2,586,511
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Noujaim Films

Control Room — trailer

About Control Room

Control Room is a 2004 movie in the Documentary and War genres, directed by Jehane Noujaim, starring Samir Khader, Josh Rushing and Hassan Ibrahim. It has a runtime of 1 hour 24 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.4/10 from 61 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Control Room in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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 Khader

Self - Senior Producer, Al Jazeera

Josh Rushing

Self (as Lt. Josh Rushing)

Hassan Ibrahim

Self - Reporter, Al Jazeera

Abdul Jabbar Al-Kubeisi

Self - Iraqi Dissident

Nabeel Khoury

Self - Spokesman, US State Department

David Shuster

Self - Correspondent, MSNBC

Tom Mintier

Self - Correspondent, CNN

Muafak Tawfik

Self - Translator, Al Jazeera

Omar Al-Issawi

Self - Correspondent, Al Jazeera

Jihad Ali Ballout

Self - Media Relations, Al Jazeera

George W. Bush

Self - US President (archive footage)

Donald Rumsfeld

Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)

Themes & keywords

palestinian-israeli conflictjournalismtranslationmanipulation of the mediairaqreporteriraq warbaghdadmass mediaus militarywoman directorusa foreign policy