- Network: PBS
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 7, 2021
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Frontline’s latest film is equal parts a fearless deconstruction on the United States’ foreign policy failures over the last two decades and an illuminating analysis on how those failures have impacted the homefront.
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Two of the anniversary’s most striking documentaries present Sept. 11 as an event that struck at America’s democracy and even its soul. ... From the beginning, the special argues, America’s response was driven by paradox: the moral rhetoric of President George W. Bush and the strategies of his vice president, Dick Cheney, who said that America would need to work with “the dark side” to survive. The dark side won, “America After 9/11” argues.
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Director Michael Kirk’s argument — somewhat spicy for public television — focuses on the leadership failures of the past two decades that have resulted in civic division and distrust. It’s particularly compelling in laying out the lies that got us into Iraq. ... It’s a worthwhile revisit of the sundry moments that eroded not just Americans’ belief in government, but the very idea of unity itself.