Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq

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
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Written byJohn Pilger
Directed byAlan Lowery
StarringJohn Pilger
Dennis Halliday
Robert Gates
Hans von Sponeck
Peter van Walsum
Karol Sikora
James Rubin
Scott Ritter
Said Aburish
Doug Rokke
Music byNick Russell-Pavier
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersJohn Pilger
Alan Lowery
CinematographyPreston Clothier
EditorJoe Frost
Running time74 minutes
Production companyCarlton Television
Original release
Release2000 (2000)

Synopsis

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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

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Awards and festival screenings

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  • Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
  • Vancouver International Film Festival

References

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  1. ^ "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq". Bullfrog Films. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  2. ^ "John Pilger Filmography 1970-2008". johnpilger.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
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