Paying the price : killing the children of Iraq / Carlton Television Ltd. ; produced, written and presented by John Pilger ; directed by Alan Lowery.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pilger, John, producer, screenwriter, narrator, originator.

Halliday, Denis, originator.

Lowery, Alan, director.

Carlton Television, producer.

Bullfrog Films, distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Children--Health and hygiene.

Iraq--Foreign relations--1991-.

Iraq.

International relations.

Children--Health and hygiene--Iraq.

Children.

Children--Mortality--Iraq.

Children--Mortality.

Economic sanctions--Iraq.

Economic sanctions.

Human rights--Iraq.

Human rights.

Iraq--Social conditions--20th century.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Killing the children of Iraq

Place of Publication:

Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [2000]

System Details:

VHS - NTSC.

analog

magnetic

VHS

NTSC

Summary:

Journalist John Pilger and former Asst. Sec. Gen. of the United Nations, Denis Halliday, journey to Iraq to investigate the effects of UN sanctions imposed in 1998. Together, they reveal the shocking realities of everyday life in a country with a decaying infrastructure, presenting evidence that "holds" on humanitarian supplies have paralyzed the country and many are dying from curable diseases because life saving drugs are only available intermittently. He also finds that the breakdown of the clean water system and health facilities are having tragic effects on children, contributing to a rise in their mortality rate.

Participant:

Narrator, John Pilger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1560298332

OCLC:

45359223