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Control Room is a 2004 documentary film about Al Jazeera and its relations with the US Central Command (CENTCOM), as well as the other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Made by Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, the film was distributed by Magnolia Pictures (owned by 2929 Entertainment). People featured in the film include Lieutenant Josh Rushing, a press officer from US Central Command, David Shuster, an NBC correspondent, and Tom Mintier, a CNN correspondent. Al Jazeera was represented by Samir Khader, a senior producer, Hassan Ibrahim, a Sudanese journalist who attended American universities and headed the BBC Arab News Service before joining Al Jazeera, and Dima Khatib, a Syrian journalist and a producer at Al Jazeera. Samir Khader later became the editor of Al-Jazeera. Josh Rushing started working for Al Jazeera English in 2006, Shuster started working for Al Jazeera America in 2013.
Original Release
05/21/2004
US Release
05/21/2004
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Samir Khader | Self / Self - Senior Producer, Al Jazeera |
| Josh Rushing | Self / Self (as Lt. Josh Rushing) |
| George W. Bush | Self / Self - US President (archive footage) |
| Hassan Ibrahim | Self / Self - Reporter, Al Jazeera |
| Deema Khatib | Self |
| Tom Mintier | Self / Self - Correspondent, CNN |
| Donald Rumsfeld | Self / Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage) |
| David Shuster | Self / Self - Correspondent, MSNBC |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Samir Khader | Self / Self - Senior Producer, Al Jazeera |
| Josh Rushing | Self / Self (as Lt. Josh Rushing) |
| George W. Bush | Self / Self - US President (archive footage) |
| Hassan Ibrahim | Self / Self - Reporter, Al Jazeera |
| Deema Khatib | Self |
| Tom Mintier | Self / Self - Correspondent, CNN |
| Donald Rumsfeld | Self / Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage) |
| David Shuster | Self / Self - Correspondent, MSNBC |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jehane Noujaim | Executive Producer |
| Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Andrew P. Hurwitz | Executive Producer |
| Abdallah Schleifer | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Hurwitz | Executive Producer |
| Rosadel Varela | Executive Producer |
| Emily Gardiner | Producer |
| Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt | Producer |
| Andrew Rossi | Producer |
| Hani Salama | Producer |
| Rosadel Varela | Producer |
| Alan Oxman | Producer |
