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| HBO | Season Premiere Date: August 22, 2021 |
Summary:
The four-part documentry from Spike Lee looks at not only 9/11 but also recent events that impacted New York City.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E4. Episode 4
Air Date: September 11, 2021
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S1:E3. Episode 3
Air Date: September 5, 2021
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S1:E2. Episode 2
Air Date: August 29, 2021
RogerEbert.com
Aug 20, 2021
Masterful work.... This series is an extremely well-constructed dissertation. There are 200 people interviewed here, some I knew of beforehand and many I did not, and I won’t forget any of them. Lee seamlessly works in musical digressions and movie footage as commentary. ... You may not feel the documentary’s love for its location and its people as much as I do, but you will feel how powerfully that love is rendered.
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The Playlist
Aug 20, 2021
‘NYC Epicenters’ can be indulgent at times—and I’m not sure who did the font and color treatments on the chyrons that could use a lot of work—but regardless of some flaws, it’s powerful, insightful, and endlessly captivating once it locks into its groove. Lee’s personal essay is also moving, profound, traumatizing, and triggering as you witness the events of the last few difficult years unfold all over again.
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Aug 20, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
It made me feel that this was the one 9/11 anniversary reflection I need to watch. I’m not a New Yorker, but NYC Epicenters offers big, emotionally heightened drama, punctuated by big, openhearted humanity and humor. Even in its flaws, it’s Spike Lee at his most Spike Lee — and, perhaps ultimately, at his best.
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Sep 9, 2021
Sep 9, 2021
Lee’s interviews — with hundreds of people, from high elected officials to heavy-equipment operators at ground zero — are warm, emotional, sometimes sparring. ... Lee’s passionate heckler’s breed of New York-ness may be the best suited to this subject. He is loving and critical, impulses that New Yorkers know as synonyms. And his focus on diversity and race helps him find less-heard voices in a much-told story.
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Aug 22, 2021
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Aug 24, 2021
Reverse racism at its best. The universal leftist playbook advertising that Trump could’ve handled the pandemic better is getting old. Whites and blacks have the same opportunities and are equal in their potential to make mistakes.
3 of 16 users found this helpful313
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: August 22, 2021
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S1:E4. Episode 4
Air Date: September 11, 2021
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S1:E3. Episode 3
Air Date: September 5, 2021
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S1:E2. Episode 2
Air Date: August 29, 2021
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S1:E1. Episode 1
Air Date: August 22, 2021
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Season 1 Overview