Turning Point 9/11 is a sweeping documentary that covers everything from the immediate impact in 9/11 to the abuse of human rights and advocacy of war powers that followed in its wake.
Covered with interviews from all sides of the conflict, from intelligence officers who worked on tracing the 9/11 terrorists to Afghan female soldiers in the new model army, this exhaustively researched documentary series, wisely and rightly gives a voice to people from all sides, ages and backgrounds who were impacted by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent war on terror.
It's much to it's credit that the filmmakers have been able to interview such a wide range of people, including former Taliban, and this film would have felt incomplete without their participation. I'm not sure how anyone can rightly say it has a political agenda, when the only thing that sneaks up on you as the series unfolds is what a complete disaster the whole campaign has been in terms of financial and more importantly human cost. This is not a fact which is up for debate, so it's pretty hard for anyone to debunk that one.
There's so many parallels to the Vietnam war before it than one wonders how did we make such stupid mistakes. One can only hope we do not repeat them again and heed the lessons of history.
The testimony of all those who took part, on all sides, is at its most heartbreaking during the interviews with the ordinary men and women who have lost so much, be that a father who was a fireman or a young man who lost his bride to be to a drone strike. Highly recommended.
Covered with interviews from all sides of the conflict, from intelligence officers who worked on tracing the 9/11 terrorists to Afghan female soldiers in the new model army, this exhaustively researched documentary series, wisely and rightly gives a voice to people from all sides, ages and backgrounds who were impacted by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent war on terror.
It's much to it's credit that the filmmakers have been able to interview such a wide range of people, including former Taliban, and this film would have felt incomplete without their participation. I'm not sure how anyone can rightly say it has a political agenda, when the only thing that sneaks up on you as the series unfolds is what a complete disaster the whole campaign has been in terms of financial and more importantly human cost. This is not a fact which is up for debate, so it's pretty hard for anyone to debunk that one.
There's so many parallels to the Vietnam war before it than one wonders how did we make such stupid mistakes. One can only hope we do not repeat them again and heed the lessons of history.
The testimony of all those who took part, on all sides, is at its most heartbreaking during the interviews with the ordinary men and women who have lost so much, be that a father who was a fireman or a young man who lost his bride to be to a drone strike. Highly recommended.