{"id":6541,"date":"2009-09-11T20:07:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T19:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2009-09-11T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T19:22:20","slug":"102-minutes-that-changed-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/09\/11\/102-minutes-that-changed-america\/","title":{"rendered":"102 Minutes That Changed America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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September 11th, 2001<\/strong> is still a date that looms over our world, eight years on from the attacks on New York and Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n The events that day not only saw the death of thousands of innocent people but were also a\u00a0catalyst for the\u00a0political and religious turmoil<\/a> that has engulfed the first decade of this century.<\/p>\n There have been mainstream films about that day (the best being United 93<\/a>) and some outstanding\u00a0documentaries\u00a0such as 9\/11: \u00a0The Falling Man<\/a> and HBO’s In Memoriam: New York City 09\/11\/01<\/a>.<\/p>\n But earlier this week Channel 4 screened<\/a> the most compelling documentary about the events of September 11th that I have seen.<\/p>\n Entitled 102 Minutes That Changed America<\/a><\/strong>, it was produced by The History Channel<\/a> and consisted of footage shot on the day in (almost) real time without any framing,\u00a0voice-over\u00a0or overt\u00a0editorialising.<\/p>\n