Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 5
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.
Episodes(5)
1. The System Was Blinking Red
Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.
Air Date : 2021-09-01
2. A Place of Danger
Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.
Air Date : 2021-09-01
3. The Dark Side
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
Air Date : 2021-09-01
4. The Good War
With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.
Air Date : 2021-09-01
5. Graveyard of Empires
After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.
Air Date : 2021-09-01
Cast
Osama Bin Laden
(Self (archive footage))
George W. Bush
(Self (archive footage))
Dick Cheney
(Self (archive footage))
Colin Powell
(Self (archive footage))
Vincent Green
(Self - NYC Dep. of Investigation, six blocks from the WTC)
Gregg Hansson
(Self - Battalion Chief, FDNY)
George H. W. Bush
(Self (archive footage))
Bill Clinton
(Self (archive footage))
Saddam Hussein
(Self (archive footage))
Donald Rumsfeld
(Self (archive footage))
Hillary Clinton
(Self (archive footage))
Laura Bush
(Self (archive footage))
Joe Biden
(Self (archive footage))
Barack Obama
(Self (archive footage))
Marilyn Wills
(Self - Colonel U.S. Army)
Gregory Frederick
(Self - Engineer Marriott World Trade Center)
Stephen Kern
(Self - Port Authority NY North Tower)
Bruce Hoffman
(Self - Sr. Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations)
Milton Bearden
(Self - Former CIA Officer)
Craig Whitlock
(Self - Author of The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of War)
Dale Watson
(Self - Former Exec. Asst. Director, FBI)
Ronald Reagan
(Self (archive footage))
Pope John Paul II
(Self (archive footage))
Barbara Bush
(Self (archive footage))
Condoleezza Rice
(Self (archive footage))
John McCain
(Self (archive footage))
Michelle Obama
(Self (archive footage))
Robert Gates
(Self (archive footage))
Donald Trump
(Self (archive footage))
Mike Pompeo
(Self (archive footage))
Désirée Bouchat
(Self - Employed in South Tower Offices, 101st floor)
Leokadia Glogowski
(Self - NY State Dept. of Transportation, North Tower 82nd Floor)
Ali Soufan
(Self - Former FBI Special Agent)
Ahmed Rashid
(Self - Autor 'Taliban')
Barbara Lee
(Self - Rep. U.S. House of Republicans (CA))
Connie Magnus Melendez
(Self - Former Detective Sergeant NYPD)
Kevin Gallagher
(Self - President, Uniformed Firefighters Assn.)
Jacqueline Maguire
(Self - FBI, Special Agent NY Field Office)
Mark Fallon
(Self - Former Deputy Commander)
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
(Self - Author (Green Zone), Former Washington Post Correspondent)
Ryan Crocker
(Self - Former U.S. Ambassadeur to Afghanistan)
Garrett M. Graff
(Self - Author of The Only Plane in the Sky)
Nick Rasmussen
(Self - Director N. Counterterrorism)
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