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

Limited Series 2021
TV-14

  • 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z on Netflix
  • 1h
  • 4h 50m (5 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, War
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

5 episodes

Series Premiere

2021-09-01T07:00:00Z

1x01 The System Was Blinking Red

Series Premiere

1x01 The System Was Blinking Red

  • 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z53m

Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.

2021-09-01T07:00:00Z

1x02 A Place of Danger

1x02 A Place of Danger

  • 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z53m

Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.

2021-09-01T07:00:00Z

1x03 The Dark Side

1x03 The Dark Side

  • 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z1h 4m

Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."

2021-09-01T07:00:00Z

1x04 The Good War

1x04 The Good War

  • 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z1h

With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.

Season Finale

2021-09-01T07:00:00Z

1x05 Graveyard of Empires

Season Finale

1x05 Graveyard of Empires

  • 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z1h

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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