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Title The trial of Saddam Hussein / produced by Daniel B. Polin, Elyse Steinberg ; written by Elyse Steinberg, Daniel B. Polin, Andrew Morreale ; directed by Elyse Steinberg ; produced by Great Projects Film Company, Inc. ; WETA Washington, D.C.

Publication Info. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD B HUSSEIN    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; region 1; NTSC.
Performer Narrator, Sam Robards.
Event Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of the television program America at a crossroads on Oct. 12, 2008.
Note Anamorphic widescreen format; stereo.
Summary Looks at the trial of Saddam Hussein and the conflict between Iraq's new political leaders, who wanted the former dictator tried, convicted, and executed as quickly as possible and the American lawyers sent to provide guidance in establishing a lawful judicial system and conducting a fair trial. Includes trial footage, secretly recorded cell-phone videos, and interviews with trial participants.
Contents A hopeful day -- Building a court and a case -- A trial begins in a divided country -- Accusations of abuse -- The court changes, the trial continues -- Saddam's assertion of power -- Power shifts from America to Iraq.
Language Closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Crimes against humanity) -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
Trials (Murder) -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Polin, Daniel B. Producer. Screenwriter.
Steinberg, Elyse. Producer. Screenwriter. Director.
Morreale, Andrew. Screenwriter.
Robards, Sam. Narrator.
Great Projects Film Company.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS Home Video.
Added Title America at a crossroads (Television program)
ISBN 0793670098
9780793670093
Standard No. 841887010108
84188701018
Music No. ACRO618 PBS Home Video
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