Control Room
“Different channels. Different truths.”
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.
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Cast
12 people
Samir Khader
Self - Senior Producer, Al Jazeera
Josh Rushing
Self (as Lt. Josh Rushing)
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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
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Invasion U.S.A.
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)
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George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
Flight 149: Hostage of War
Donald Rumsfeld
Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
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Jehane Noujaim Director · Julia Bacha Writer Hani Salama Composer
Worldwide gross $2.6M · Budget $60K · United States release January 22, 2004
Box office
Budget
$60,000
Worldwide gross
$2,586,511
Gross vs. budget
43.1×
Production
Noujaim Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English
Release dates
United States · January 22, 2004
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States
April 9, 2004 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
Belgium
October 6, 2004 · Premiere · Flanders International Film Festival
Canada
May 2, 2004 · Premiere · Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Denmark
March 30, 2004 · Premiere · NatFilm Festival
Egypt
December 5, 2004 · Premiere · Cairo International Film Festival
Greece
March 20, 2004 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Iceland
November 17, 2004 · Premiere · Reykjavik International Film Festival
Indonesia
December 10, 2004 · Premiere · Jakarta International Film Festival
Türkiye
February 18, 2005 · Premiere · Istanbul Independent Film Festival
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