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5.29.2004 posted by William 15:28 link |
I missed Critical Mass last night to watch a documentary called Control Room. As much as I like shutting down midtown traffic, I'm still glad I saw this fantastic example of good documentary cinema. There's no narration and a minimum of on-screen exposition; instead, the subjects of the film, journalists for Al Jazeera and an American military PR officer, are allowed to speak for themselves. I had a few quibbles with the choices made by the directors and editors: how they edit the news conferences, and the lack of explanation they give about the confusion over when American tanks first entered Baghdad (for more on that, read this fascinating interview). But that aside, I highly recommend this film if you want to learn something about how people living in the Middle East get their news and form their views of the U.S. |