Synopsis
“Different channels. Different truths.”
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 2003–2005 Other Asia Window
Among 49 Other Asia films we catalog from this window, Control Room places #4 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
2004 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 19 titles released, including Control Room. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (130 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Other Asia films in 2004.
The 149th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
52 audience reviews — more than 88% of Other Asia films in our index.
Review volume (88th percentile) outruns trending popularity (68th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Control Room, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- palestinian-israeli conflict · 5
- iraq war · 4
- iraq · 3
- us military · 3
- baghdad · 2
- translation · 1
- manipulation of the media · 1
- mass media · 1
- usa foreign policy · 1
- reporter · 14
- journalism · 8
- woman director · 246
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #83 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (85th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Documentary productions specifically: #9 of 27 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Qatar, United States of America |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Spoken Languages | Arabic, English |
| Production Companies | The Othrs |
| Runtime | 1h 24m |
| Release Date | January 15, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0391024 |