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Different channels. Different truths.

2004 1h 24mDocumentaryWar

A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.

3.7/5

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A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.

The vibe

journalismtranslationiraqreporteriraq warbaghdadmass mediaus militaryusa foreign policy

Behind it

Jehane NoujaimJehane NoujaimDirectorJulia BachaJulia BachaWriterThomas DeRenzoComposerHani SalamaHani SalamaComposer

Cast

Samir KhaderSelf - Senior Producer, Al Jazeera
Josh RushingSelf (as Lt. Josh Rushing)
Hassan IbrahimSelf - Reporter, Al Jazeera
Abdul Jabbar Al-KubeisiSelf - Iraqi Dissident
Nabeel KhourySelf - Spokesman, US State Department
David ShusterSelf - Correspondent, MSNBC
Tom MintierSelf - Correspondent, CNN
Muafak TawfikSelf - Translator, Al Jazeera
Omar Al-IssawiOmar Al-IssawiSelf - Correspondent, Al Jazeera
Jihad Ali BalloutSelf - Media Relations, Al Jazeera
George W. BushGeorge W. BushSelf - US President (archive footage)
Donald RumsfeldDonald RumsfeldSelf - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)

Director

Jehane Noujaim

Writers

Julia Bacha, Jehane Noujaim

Release date

22 Jan 2004

Runtime

1h 24m

Box office

$2.6M

Studio

Noujaim Films

Language

Arabic, English

Country

United States of America

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