Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq (2000)

Directed by

Alan Lowery, John Pilger

Genre

documentary film, documentary television film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary argues that United Nations sanctions caused severe harm to children in Iraq during the 1990s. Journalist John Pilger presents evidence and makes a case against the international policy.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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