For everyone who finds all those conspiracy documentaries about 9/11, the war in Iraq and the US government hysterical and insufferable, but is still interested in the subject, there is thankfully this wonderful and intimate film by Dean Puckett, a man who came to my home town and showed the film at one of the film nights at our local community centre.
Rather than simply having an unseen narrator ranting and raving about conspiracies over stock footage and archive film (a la zeitgeist), this film instead investigates the cultural impact the event has had on the world using real people; face to face soundbites from people all over the world who have been directly or indirectly affected. From the appalling treatment of NYC's first responders to the Muslim backlash in Britain, and much much more.
There are many fascinating interviews with all number of people including famous democratic politician Cynthia McKinney, whose willingness to speak out about numerous human rights matters has lost her a seat in congress, and MI5 whistle blower Annie Machon.
The director travelled the world to make the film and you can tell it was as much a voyage of human discovery as a documentary about bigger matters. Intimate, intelligent and at times devastating, this is fascinating viewing, whatever your opinion on what may have happened on that day in September may be.
The film won Best Documentary at the London independant film festival 2008
Check out the trailer
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