Control Room

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.

7.4

84 min

Cast

Samir Khader

as Self - Senior Producer, Al Jazeera

Josh Rushing

as Self (as Lt. Josh Rushing)

Hassan Ibrahim

as Self - Reporter, Al Jazeera

Abdul Jabbar Al-Kubeisi

as Self - Iraqi Dissident

Nabeel Khoury

as Self - Spokesman, US State Department

David Shuster

as Self - Correspondent, MSNBC

Tom Mintier

as Self - Correspondent, CNN

Muafak Tawfik

as Self - Translator, Al Jazeera

Omar Al-Issawi

as Self - Correspondent, Al Jazeera

Jihad Ali Ballout

as Self - Media Relations, Al Jazeera

George W. Bush

as Self - US President (archive footage)

Donald Rumsfeld

as Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)

Director

Jehane Noujaim