Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
| Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq | |
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 Screenshot of title card | |
| Directed by | Alan Lowery |
| Produced by |
John Pilger Alan Lowery |
| Written by | John Pilger |
| Starring |
John Pilger Dennis Halliday Robert Gates Hans von Sponeck Peter van Walsum Karol Sikora James Rubin Scott Ritter Said Aburish Doug Rokke |
| Music by | Nick Russell-Pavier |
| Cinematography | Preston Clothier |
| Edited by | Joe Frost |
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Running time | 74 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq is a 2000 Carlton Television documentary written and presented by John Pilger which was directed by Alan Lowery. In this documentary Pilger argues that UN sanctions had a devastating effect on the children of Iraq during the 1990s.[1][2]
Synopsis
John Pilger and Alan Lowery traveled to Iraq with Denis Halliday, a former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations who resigned over what he called the "immoral policy" of economic sanctions. There they find a suffering nation held hostage to the compliance of a dictator, Saddam Hussein, over whom the Iraqi people no control. No they didn't. What they found was a country being slowly strangled by a draconian U.S./U.K. blockade. You need to watch the film to learn what it really is about.
Interviewees
- Dennis Halliday – Former Asst. Secretary General, United Nations
- Robert Gates – CIA Director 1991-93
- Hans von Sponeck – Chief UN co-ordinator, Iraq
- Ambassador Peter van Walsum – Chairman, UN Sanctions Committee
- Professor Karol Sikora – Former Chief of Cancer Programme, World Health Organisation
- James Rubin – US State Department spokesman
- Scott Ritter – UN Weapons Inspector 1991-1998
- Said Aburish – Author, Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge
- Mohammed Amin Ezzet – Conductor, Iraqi National Orchestra
- Anupama Rao Singh – UNICEF Representative, Iraq
- Professor Doug Rokke – Former US Army health phycicist
- Dr. Jinan Ghalib Hassen – Paediatrician
- Dr. Jawad Al-Ali – Cancer specialist
- Laith Kubba – Iraqi opposition exile
- Felicity Arbuthnot – Journalist
- Hussain Jarsis – Shepherd
Awards and festival screenings
- Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
- Vancouver International Film Festival
References
- ↑ "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq". Bullfrog Films. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ↑ "John Pilger Filmography 1970-2008". johnpilger.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
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