Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Limited Series
2021 · 5 episodes

1. The System Was Blinking Red
2021-09-01 · 53m
Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.

2. A Place of Danger
2021-09-01 · 53m
Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.

3. The Dark Side
2021-09-01 · 64m
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."

4. The Good War
2021-09-01 · 63m
With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.

5. Graveyard of Empires
2021-09-01 · 67m
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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