Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
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{{Infobox television
| image = PayingthePrice.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Screenshot of title card
| director = Alan Lowery
| writer = John Pilger
| producer = John Pilger
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
| narrator =
| cinematography = Preston Clothier
| editor = Joe Frost
| music = Nick Russell-Pavier
| company = Carlton Television
| released = {{Start date|2000}}
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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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.{{cite web |title=Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq |url=http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/payhv.html |work=Bullfrog Films |access-date=2010-06-11 }}{{cite web|title=John Pilger Filmography 1970-2008 |url=http://pilger.carlton.com/page.asp?partID=4 |work=johnpilger.com |access-date=2010-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603221740/http://pilger.carlton.com/page.asp?partID=4 |archive-date=3 June 2009 }}
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 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
- 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
- Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
- Vancouver International Film Festival
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0278622}}
{{John Pilger}}
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Category:2000 television specials
Category:British documentary television films
Category:Documentary films about Iraq
Category:Documentary films presented by John Pilger
Category:2000 documentary films