Directors:
Jehane Noujaim
Initial release:
January 22, 2004
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Control Room
Control Room provides a behind-the-scenes look at the operations of Al-Jazeera — the most prominent television news network in the Arab world — during the war in Iraq. Through interviews with American journalists, journalists reporting for Al-Jazeera, and high-ranking U.S. military officials, the film explores the nature of media bias, Al-Jazeera’s relationship with the Arab community and the network’s perception in the Western world.
Control Room film poster

PRODUCED BY
Nick Fraser
Mette Hoffman Meyer
Jehane Noujaim
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Hani Salama
Rosadel Varela

MUSIC BY
Thomas DeRenzo
Hani Salama

FILM EDITING BY
Julia Bacha
Charles Marquardt
Alan Oxman
Lilah Park

PRODUCED BY
Emily Gardiner
Andrew P. Hurwitz
Alan Oxman
Andrew Rossi
Abdallah Schleifer

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Jehane Noujaim

CAMERA AND ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
James Longley

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Will Cox
Mona Eldaief
Rebecca Haimowitz
Paul Kondo
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Gabriel Rhodes
Andrew Rossi
Louly Seif

ADDITIONAL CREW
Josh Braun
Scott Crary
Winston Emano
Erin Heidenreich
David Magdael
Louis Spiegler
Steven W. Wallace

SOUND DEPARTMENT
Patrick Donahue
Matthew Haasch

VISUAL EFFECTS BY
Mitch Paulson

MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Thomas DeRenzo
Mona Eldaief

THANKS
Roberto Busó-García
Cathy Riva
Nelson Walker III

FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; A Portrait of Al Jazeera, Reporting the War Its Way
“Bristling...indispensable...you are likely to emerge from ''Control Room'' touched, exhilarated and a little off-balance, with your certainties scrambled and your assumptions shaken“
The New York Times
A lucid look at Al-Jazeera
“Clear-sighted and fair-minded...modest yet necessary...remarkable“
The Boston Globe
Inside a news spin zone
“Riveting...nobody interested in world affairs can afford to miss it“
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