This is a remarkable documentary, and a behind the scenes look at news media in wartime, from the perspective of the Al Jazeera Network. Directed by Egyptian American film maker and Harvard Graduate Jehane Noujaim. She had incredible and timely access to Al Jazeera at the time of the beginning of the Iraq War.
Below are a few words from IndieWire
"Most fascinating is Sameer Khader, Al Jazeera senior producer, overworked, chain-smoking, brimming with mischief. Also featured is former BBC reporter Hassan Ibrahim, a witty Sudanese Brit who opposes the U.S. presence in the Middle East, ("you are the most powerful nation on earth... you can crush everyone... but don't ask us to love it as well") while praising American democracy. Young female producer Deema Khatib wryly analyzes Western war coverage from her control booth vantage point. And at nearby U.S. Centcom, American press liaison Lt. John Rushing manfully struggles to justify the American position to the Arab press (and perhaps to himself.)"
Retrieved January 2, 2007 from
http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_040524control.html
-sam smiley
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