Control Room Movie Trailer

n the early days of the war in Iraq, Americans could turn on their televisions twenty-four hours a day and take a front row seat with coalition troops careening across the desert. We could follow the action live as precision bombers brought Iraqi cities to their knees and American POWs were rescued and triumphantly returned home as television heroes. We could watch soldiers toppling statues of Saddam Hussein.

But as Americans witnessed U.S. victory at home, a different story unfolded on television sets throughout the Arab world. Qatari-based Al-Jazeera broadcast images of Iraqi civilian casualties and American POWs that were taboo in the American media. Many claim that as a result, America barred Al-Jazeera journalists from reporting on Wall Street and bombed their headquarters in Baghdad. As the saying goes there are always two sides to every story, but in a media-managed war where does the truth lie?

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Al-Jazeera, American journalists, and the players at Central Command, Control Room takes an unprecedented look at the business of war. Uniquely qualified with a cross-cultural perspective, Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Startup.com), travels to the headquarters of Al-Jazeera and U.S. Central Command to capture the staging of the war in Iraq and the media's vital role in writing history.

Director Jehane Noujaim is available to speak with the film through Evil Twin Booking Agency.

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• Jehane
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• Iraq
• America

[modestbt]

the US thinks Al Jazeera plays anti-american propaganda, and the Iraqis think they play pro-american propaganda. they are actually genuinely a well-balanced network. really good movie, everybody should see it. its cool how the amercian dude with the crew-cut (the US army media liason), almost stops believing his own bullshit by the end of the film.

[karl6291983]

I think that Aljazeera is the most balanced news network in the world.  They actually show all points of view.

[oujibertolli]

‎"The US always thinks it's always undersiege," Hassan Ibrahim. I don't think I could have said it better myself!

[risingpath]

I have to admit that Al Jazeera and the BBC are more fair and ballenced than the American networks. They don't have a bull ring in their nose like the American meida. The American media has turned into a bunch of corporate lapdog instead of the watchdog of the republic. It's hard to set aside bias at times, but what I'm seeing today in the American media is a sloppy, lazy, reverb chamber of polished sound bite rhetoric for the media illiterate. There is no excuse for that.

[Research0digo]

LOL, Check out the mic ID at 0:21 HA

GOD BLESS REAL NEWS outlets such as AL JAJEERA!! And the BBC (before bush 43 was bought into office), having been 'advised' from his admin. to cool their 'rhetoric".

Sad state of affairs.

And no, for you haters at my comment, I am nowhere near 'liberal'.

[GustavMeyrink]

@issareign

Sure that's why every british government complains that the BBC is biased in favour of whoever happens to be in opposition at the time.

The BBC was founded in 1922, four years after the end of WWI. It operates under a Royal Charter which stipulates that the BBCs views 'be entirely independent of any governmental or private influence and answer ONLY to its listeners and viewers.'

Your post is completely free of any facts.

[gchristen]

eminem

[clearguitar1]

DREAM ON -AEROSMITH

[Girder2]

Ah, thanks.