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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Ratings

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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

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Netflix | Netflix---For Internal Use Only | Release Date: September 1, 2021

Summary: The documentary series directed by Brian Knappenberger examines the 9/11 attacks and the War on Terror including the beginnings of al Qaeda after the Soviet-Afghan war and the most recent events in Afghanistan.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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Critic Reviews

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Primetimer

Aaron Barnhart

Sep 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: Turning Point is exactly the kind of serious, searing recapitulation that this moment demands. Its five expertly compressed episodes move briskly yet with care, choosing the moments and memories that have maximum impact. Read full review

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The Independent Clémence Michallon

Sep 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: Turning Point is a comprehensive, timely examination of the events, their historical context, and their contemporary implications. Read full review

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Washington Post

Inkoo Kang

Sep 9, 2021

Season 1 Review: Though occasionally dry, the docuseries’ sober tone also makes for a welcome refuge from the sea of maudlin or faux-suspenseful 9/11 content elsewhere. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Sep 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: An upsetting, enraging, and largely even-handed history lesson about the past two decades. ... Rather than uncovering bombshells, Knappenberger instead serves up what amounts to an extremely watchable survey meant to function as the streaming service’s definitive 9/11-related viewing option—a somewhat limited aim that it mostly achieves. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal

John Anderson

Sep 8, 2021

Season 1 Review: "Turning Point" sets up the events of 9/11 in a far more routine way, although the ultimate objective of the five-part series -- tracking the motives of the 9/11 perpetrators not just to the 1993 bombing and its attendant plots, but as far back as the 1980s -- is a far different one [than National Geographic's "9/11: One Day in America."] Read full review

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Decider

Joel Keller

Sep 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: It feels like Turning Point takes a half-measure, going over that day in some detail but glossing over what truly made it horrifying to the people who lived through it or people like us, who were just in the tri-state area. ... If you’re interested in either a 9/11 documentary or a War on Terror documentary, there are better ones out there than Turning Point: 9/11 And The War On Terror, which tries to go into both in depth and accomplishes very little that’s new. Read full review

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Solemndark

Sep 26, 2021

This is an evenhanded look at the events leading up to, during and after 9/11. Those who say this is overly political have a strange axe to grind. Well researched, respectful, and pretty neutral as far as politics. This could be used to teach students about these horrible events.

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sniperNZSAS

Sep 11, 2021

An interesting watch, but not only does it fail to present anything new, it misses a lot of key information, and in some instances distorts the event.

As an example of this distortion, the documentary splices together air traffic control and NORAD audio to try and make it sound like theyAn interesting watch, but not only does it fail to present anything new, it misses a lot of key information, and in some instances distorts the event.

As an example of this distortion, the documentary splices together air traffic control and NORAD audio to try and make it sound like they knew American 77 was hijacked and heading for Washington, and they were scrambling fighters to go after it. This is a total fabrication. They used NORAD audio responding to information American 11 was still airborne and heading towards DC, cut off the part where they said "American 11" and tried to make it look like they were responding to American 77. Aside from that, there is almost nothing about the 4 pilot hijacker's activities in Germany or the US, very little mentioned about the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, no mention of the Bojinka plot, glosses over a lot of information surrounding Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar.

This documentary says the CIA just didn't talk to FBI for reasons.. nonsense. There was not a lack of information sharing, the fact is the CIA kept this information from everyone, not just FBI. Even right up to the September 4 meeting, when the CIA heads are at the White House begging for action against al Qaeda, they still don't mention that 2 al Qaeda members, known to be involved for Kuala Lumpur planning session, had been in the US for over 16 months. This documentary fails to mention any of this. Overall, it's an interesting watch, but for the amount of praise this documentary is getting I was expecting a lot better. You would be better off watching "The 9/11 Hijackers: Inside the Hamburg Cell", "The Lost Tapes of 9/11", and "The Secrete History of 9/11"… Expand

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talbr6

Sep 3, 2021

Practically Taliban propaganda. The only thing this documentary got right was the timeline.

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metacritiqueur

Sep 11, 2021

Insane leftist propaganda, made by leftists for leftists, traitors and collaborators. Enjoy !

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 1, 2021
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  S1:E5. Graveyard Of Empires
  Air Date: September 1, 2021
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  S1:E4. The Good War
  Air Date: September 1, 2021
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  S1:E3. The Dark Side
  Air Date: September 1, 2021
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  S1:E2. A Place Of Danger
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  S1:E1. The System Was Blinking Red
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