Control Room

Story

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.

Director

Jehane Noujaim

Writers

Jehane Noujaim, Julia Bacha

Language

English

Country

Denmark, United Kingdom, Qatar, United States of America

Release date

22 January 2004

Box office

$2,586,511

Ensemble

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

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  Omar Al-Issawi

  Self - Correspondent, Al Jazeera

• Jihad Ali Ballout

  Self - Media Relations, Al Jazeera

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  George W. Bush

  Self - US President (archive footage)

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  Donald Rumsfeld

  Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)