"Director: Jehane Noujaim"

1
  • The Square (DVD)The Square (DVD) | DVD | (14/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

    The Egyption Revolution has been an ongoing roller coaster. Through the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest battle, an election, or a million man march. At the beginning of August 2013, we witnessed the second president deposed within the space of three years. THE SQUARE is a truly immersive experience, transporting the viewer deeply into the intense emotional drama and personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling t.

  • Control Room [2004]Control Room | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £5.50   |  Saving you £15.75 (371.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Startling and powerful, Control Room is a documentary about the Arab television network Al-Jazeera's coverage of the U.S.-led Iraqi war, and conflicts that arose in managed perceptions of truth between that news media outlet and the American military. Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Startup.com) catches the frantic action at Al-Jazeera headquarters as President Bush stipulates his 48-hour, get-out-of-town warning to Saddam Hussein and sons, soon followed by the network's shocking footage of Iraqi civilians terrorized and killed by invading U.S. troops. Al-Jazeera's determination to show images and report details outside the Pentagon's carefully controlled information flow draws the wrath of American officials, who accuse it of being an al-Qaida propagandist. (The killing of an Al-Jazeera reporter in what appears to be a deliberately targeted air strike is horrifying.) Most fascinating is the way Control Room allows well-meaning, Western-educated, pro-democratic Arabs an opportunity to express views on Iraq as they see it--in an international context, and in a way most Americans never hear about. --Tom Keogh

  • Startup.com [2001]Startup.com | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

    This critically acclaimed new documentary feature traces rise and fall of US internet company govWorks.com.

1

Please wait. Loading...