A news drama following the Gulf war through the eyes of the Arab nations was this week launched on DVD.

And we've got ten copies to give away to readers of HoldtheFrontPage.

Having directed the exposé on the Dot.com revolution Startup.com, Jehane Noujaim's powerful documentary Control Room shows the story through the eyes of the first commercial non state-run Arab satellite channel, Al-Jazeera.

It reveals a very different side to the story, the human tragedy behind the politics, as she follows the fall of Baghdad to the toppling of Saddam's statue.

Taking a peek behind the newsroom itself, she seeks out views from Donald Rumsfeld as well as BBC journalists, but also includes footage of the personal devastation inflicted on innocent victims of the war.

Noujaim herself is Egyptian-American, and gives an insight into what she sees as propaganda, which has been passed off through our own news stations and through the mouths of Western politicians.

With Michael Moore's Fahreinheit 9/11 lambasting the follies of Bush's presidency and the Oscar-winning Fog Of War highlighting Robert McNamara's home truths of the Vietnam War, Control Room is proof that politics in the movies can be a powerful and provocative experience.

The Control Room News Maker will take you deep inside the propaganda war waged by news agencies during the second Gulf War.

Click this link to take control of the airwaves to construct your own version of the truth... by arranging clips from the film as if you were the editor: www.tartanvideo.com.

Control Room is available now on retail DVD only (rrp £19.99).

To be in with a chance of winning a copy, just e-mail us to tell us the name of the Arab-run satellite TV station featured in the film.
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