Control Room (2004)
Directed by Jehane Noujaim, an award-winning Arab-American filmmaker who has lived within and embraced both worlds, Control Room re-examines what is perhaps the pressing question of: "is America radicalizing or stabilizing the Arab world?" By providing a balanced view of Al-Jazeera's presentation of the second Iraq war to their worldwide Arab audience, it calls into question many of the prevailing images and positions offered up by the U.S. news media. (Magnolia Pictures)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Directed By: Jehane Noujaim
Written By: Jehane Noujaim, Julia Bacha
Starring: Hassan Ibrahim
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Control Room belongs to 12 collections
1. Female Directors (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 79 stars)
2. FIPRESCI Prize (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 12 stars)
3. Journalism (public: moderated by djross - 7 stars)
4. Political documentaries (public: moderated by overrated - 3 stars)
5. Iraq War (public: moderated by iceblox - 2 stars)
6. Television (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
7. True/False Film Festival (public: moderated by theficionado)
8. Next Up (public: moderated by davidysteph)
9. Movies I Saw in Theaters (private: theficionado)
10. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 8 (private: PeaceAnarchy)
11. time was (private: rnest)
12. DTC List (private: lineuphere)
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I'd like to be a fly on the wall for the pre-press meet briefings those US army spokespeople would have, or even the meetings that create the content for that meeting. The documentary speaks of objectivity but doesn't practice it, displaying a critical summation of the coalition propaganda machine. But, it's rare to get a look at the other side of the coin like this, without already being knee deep in Arab society.
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Very interesting doc. Quite depressing and infuriating to watch though
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A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Al-Jazeera during the (latest) Iraqi war. It shines a new light on some moments I took for granted, and all in all this documentary delivers a pretty balanced account of media coverage during wartime. Prepare for some painful and depressing moments, seeing wounded kids in hospitals always fills me with impotent rage.
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Excellent in its message, but I wouldn't say it is extremely effective as a documentary. It allows the viewer only a very few moments of insight and you learn everything the film is going to say in the first 20 minutes. Overall- good but not great.
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"The film's focused portrayal of Al-Jazeera clashes with its more haphazard grouping of American media outlets." - Keith Uhlich
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Control Room provides an invaluable look at the Arab perspective of the War on Iraq, and reveals the struggle for objectivity that both Al-Jareeza and American media confront. Perhaps it's not even a struggle for objectivity, but an acknowledgement that all reporting is influenced by one's culture and one's responsibility to the audience.
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As a Canadian, this didn't have the same impact as an 'insider' view might have to Americans, but I did enjoy how it chose a specific topic and mostly stuck to it, given the footage they had. Sure there was an agenda, but it was mostly about information, and how it is processed, filtered, and transmitted, which is always worth a look into.
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one of the first documentaries i saw and actually understood really shocking stuff
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Intriguing documentary about al-Jazeera
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"Put yourself in the place of an average Arabic viewer . . ." The great value of this film is in its insistence that the world looks different to different people. Perspective matters. And what's more, in the person of Lt. Rushing, we get an individual truly grappling with the reality of distinct perspectives clashing with one another. While I would appreciate a sharper vision of American news coverage--as it is often invoked in contrast to Al-Jazeera--the effect of the film remains quite strong
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chow25 | 88 85% |
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Good look at how skewed our views can be because of a few men in a CONTROL ROOM.
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Hopefully will become the definitive Iraq-era classic doc.
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