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Control Room is a 2004 documentary film about Al Jazeera and its relations with the US Central Command, as well as the other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Made by Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, the film was distributed by Magnolia Pictures (owned by 2929 Entertainment).
People featured in the film include Lieutenant Joshua Rushing, a press officer from US Central Command, David Shuster, an NBC correspondent, and Tom Mintier, a CNN correspondent. Al Jazeera was represented by Samir Khader, a senior producer, Hassan Ibrahim, a Sudanese journalist who attended American universities and headed the BBC Arab News Service before joining Al Jazeera, and Deema Khatib, a Syrian journalist and a producer at Al Jazeera. Samir Khader later became the editor of al-Jazeera *.
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Al Jazeera's role in Arab society
Control Room documents the spectrum of opinion that surrounds the Qatar television news network Al Jazeera. Throughout the film, Donald Rumsfeld appears at press conferences, complaining about the propagandist nature of Al Jazeera. Paradoxically, another clip shows Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf himself accusing the television organization of transmitting American propaganda. The contrasting views between the documentary’s central figures are not so clear cut. Early in the movie, press officer Lt. Rushing remarks that Al Jazeera bias leads it to focus exclusively on American tanks and Iraqi casualties, yet he later confides that agencies such as Fox News also appear to hand-pick their material, and he sees what both sides leave out. Samir Khader, a senior producer of Al Jazeera, claims the network's purpose is to shake up the rigid infrastructure of Arab society, which he believes has fallen behind, culturally and technologically, because of its social intolerance to other cultures and perspectives. More on [ Control Room ]
Documentary :: Genres
Bias and Balance :: Media
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Ralf_1of1 (Ralf Made) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:37:42 -0000
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_marque (marque') Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:30:56 -0000
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KitSchmit (Chris Turn) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:29:58 -0000
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Control Room - Official site of the film with a trailer, synopsis, list of people in the film, information about the filmmakers, links to reviews, and links.
Aljazeera.Net: Film on Aljazeera Strikes a Chord - Article on a screening at the Dubai International Film Festival, from the documentary's subject.
California Film Institute: Control Room - Review of Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim's documentary about the Al Jazeera network, and whether America is radicalizing or stabilizing the Arab world.
HARO Online: Control Room - Review and pictures.
IMDb: Control Room - Cast, crew, reviews, plot summary, user comments, and showtimes.
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Metacritic Film: Control Room - Reviews and ratings from professional movie critics of the Al Jazeera documentary by Jehane Noujaim, award-winning Arab-American filmmaker.
MetroActive: War of the Words - Review of the documentary film 'Control Room' about Al Jazeera and its journalists, by Richard von Busack.
MSNBC: ‘Control Room’ Gripping Look at Al-Jazeera - Review of the documentary about the television network and its Iraq war coverage. Includes a video of the interview with director Jehame Noujaim by Alison Stewart.
Meta Description: [ Documentary takes an in-depth look at the Arab news network. By Jocelyn Noveck ]
Muzzling a Marine - By Scott Lamb. [Salon.com] Story of how the United States reacted to press officer Lieutenant Josh Rushing's involvement in this movie.
New York Times Movies: Control Room - Review of the Critic's Pick documentary about the differences between Arab and Western journalists and their relationships with the U.S. military, by A.O. Scott.
NPR: 'Control Room' - Behind the Scenes at Al Jazeera - Audio review of the documentary 'Control Room' about the Arabic-language network Al Jazeera, by Joel Rose.
Meta Description: [ Joel Rose of member station WHYY reviews a new documentary about the Arabic-language network Al Jazeera. The film is called Control Room, and it opens in New York City on Friday. ]
NPR: Inside 'The Control Room' at Al-Jazeera - Interview with documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim about her film, an inside look at the controversial al-Jazeera Arab-language news agency, by Tony Cox.
Meta Description: [ NPR's Tony Cox talks with documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim about her film The Control Room, which gets an inside look at the controversial al-Jazeera Arab-languange news agency. ]
Rotten Tomatoes: Control Room (2004) - Reviews from top critics and audiences, plus movie details, trailer, poster, photographs, news, and a forum.
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Yahoo! Movies: Control Room - Movie details about the Aljazeera and Iraq War documentary. Includes user ratings and professional critics reviews.
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