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]
| Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot of title card | |
| Written by | John Pilger |
| Directed by | Alan Lowery |
| 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 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | John Pilger Alan Lowery |
| Cinematography | Preston Clothier |
| Editor | Joe Frost |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
| Production company | Carlton Television |
| Original release | |
| Release | 2000 |
Synopsis
editJohn 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 expected to find a suffering nation held hostage to the compliance of a dictator, Saddam Hussein. What they found was a country being slowly strangled by a draconian U.S./U.K. blockade.
Interviewees
edit- 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 Organization
- 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 physicist
- 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
edit- Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
- Vancouver International Film Festival
References
edit- ^ "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq". Bullfrog Films. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "John Pilger Filmography 1970-2008". johnpilger.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
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