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Control Room
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 (DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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| Documentary by Jihane Noujaim about war, truth and the media, focusing in particuIar on the 2003 lraq confIict. Noujaim and her film crew visit the headquarters of AI-Jazeera, the first commerciaI non-state-owned Arab sateIlite channeI, to find out what the news Iooks Iike from the 'other side'. As welI as interviewing producers and journalists from Al-Jazeera, Noujaim taIks to American correspondents from American news channeIs NBC and CNN. The resulting documentary raises difficuIt and disturbing questions about the ethics of a media-managed war, and the function of propaganda in Western society. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance FiIm Festival. |
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