Control Room
2004
A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage... Read more
| Starring | Samir Khader, Lt. Josh Rushing |
|---|---|
| Director | Jehane Noujaim |
| Genres | Documentary |
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Control Room
A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage...
| Starring | Samir Khader, Lt. Josh Rushing |
|---|---|
| Director | Jehane Noujaim |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Oct 2004 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Egyptian-American director Noujaim spent the entire (official) length of last years Iraq war embedded with the... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Controlled War TV
Making documentary films these days is all about access and there is plenty of that in Control Room, a behind the scenes look at Al-Jazeera the Qatar based TV station. No one in the West had heard of this tiny TV station which reaches an audience of some 40 million or so Arab viewers, until the Gulf war and more recently the Iraq war. The Al-Jazeera coverage of the later was in sharp contract to that pursued by the western networks embedded with coalition forces. We see little of battles, instead an observation of the reporters, producers, and presenters at work and thereby gain a unique insight into TV priorities from an Arab perspective.
Al-Jazeera has its problems; coverage of domestic issues in the Islamic world is somewhat limited but nevertheless this film, a bit wobbly in technical accomplishment and narrative drive, is a welcome addition to the sorry history of objective war reporting. The film was well received in the US but, pointedly, was not nominated for a documentary award at the 2005 Oscars. -
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Controlled War TV
Making documentary films these days is all about access and there is plenty of that in Control Room, a behind the scenes look at Al-Jazeera the Qatar based TV station. No one in the West had heard of this tiny TV station which reaches an audience of some 40 million or so Arab viewers, until the Gulf war and more recently the Iraq war. The Al-Jazeera coverage of the later was in sharp contract to that pursued by the western networks embedded with coalition forces. We see little of battles, instead an observation of the reporters, producers, and presenters at work and thereby gain a unique insight into TV priorities from an Arab perspective.
Al-Jazeera has its problems; coverage of domestic issues in the Islamic world is somewhat limited but nevertheless this film, a bit wobbly in technical accomplishment and narrative drive, is a welcome addition to the sorry history of objective war reporting. The film was well received in the US but, pointedly, was not nominated for a documentary award at the 2005 Oscars. -
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