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  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m
Control Room

Summary 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...

Directed By: Jehane Noujaim

Written By: Julia Bacha, Jehane Noujaim

  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m

Control Room

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 33 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.2
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Summary 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...

Directed By: Jehane Noujaim

Written By: Julia Bacha, Jehane Noujaim

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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32 Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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100
Here's the sliver of hope: In contrast to everything we've been told, the people who run Al Jazeera turn out to be decent and level headed.
By Rick Kisonak FULL REVIEW
90
A surprising, puzzling and in many ways brilliant work.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
80
May be most valuable for its depiction of the strength of democratic ideals, even in the most precarious and contradictory of circumstances.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
80
Remarkable and timely film.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
75
The film's buried message is that there is a reservoir of admiration and affection for America, at least among the educated classes in the Arab world, and they do not equate the current administration with America.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Shot during the March 2003 invasion and the early stages of the American occupation, it tells us more about how the channel decides what to report than we probably know about most American newscasts.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
60
It is easy to point out gaps in Noujaim's account. (What, for instance, about the rebuilding that tries to go forward in Iraq?) But the prime importance of this film, I'd say, is that it is not an eye-opener. Of course this change in reporting, this bilateralism, has occurred so far only in wars where the U.S. was the overwhelming superior in force.
By Stanley Kauffmann FULL REVIEW

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7.2
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Production Company Noujaim Films
Release Date May 21, 2004
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Different channels. Different truths.
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Awards

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
CINE Competition
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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