Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror Limited Series
01 September 2021
Episodes
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.
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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.
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3. The Dark Side
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
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4. The Good War
With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.
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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.
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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)