Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror: Season 1

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Turning Point: 9/11 And The War On Terror

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Netflix | Netflix---For Internal Use Only | Season Premiere 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

Season 1 Episodes

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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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Aaron Barnhart

Sep 1, 2021

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

The Independent Clémence Michallon

Sep 1, 2021

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

Inkoo Kang

Sep 9, 2021

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

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Sep 1, 2021

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

John Anderson

Sep 8, 2021

"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

Joel Keller

Sep 1, 2021

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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JJRambo

Sep 7, 2021

Not bad but it clearly tells a half story in many key elements, like forgeting Israel and the US support as a major issue for the muslims to hate the US or the role of the US in creating the current Iran and how that has shaped the region and terrorism ever since.
And from there it doesn'tNot bad but it clearly tells a half story in many key elements, like forgeting Israel and the US support as a major issue for the muslims to hate the US or the role of the US in creating the current Iran and how that has shaped the region and terrorism ever since.
And from there it doesn't get any better in cherrypicking to ignore some events.… Expand

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Bridgerk

Sep 12, 2021

Propaganda to make biden look better. Absolute filth. Thats all I have to say but its making me type more

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