Jehane Noujaim
2004
I'm thinking documentary is the wave of the future.
Control Room is mostly about Al Jazeera's coverage of the war in Iraq. The amateur journalist in me loved getting to see behind the scenes in the media centre (in Qatar). Seeing how the news gets composed in a setting with a completely different bias - it was fascinating.
My favourite part is when the translator starts chuckling at the end of GWB's speech where he asserts how free and safe the Iraqi people are.
What a great moment.