The twentieth anniversary of 9/11 is in two days. We’re continuing to suggest resources to learn more about that day and its consequences. Today we’re recommending documentaries. A good documentary does more than give you facts. It gives you insight into why things happened and what they meant to the people who experienced them.Dozens of documentaries have been released about 9/11, so any list of documentaries worth watching will inevitably miss ones worth watching.Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11 2021 Full Movie Download
Some early 9/11 documentaries include Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero, The Man Who Knew, and 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers. Moreover, several documentaries are set to debut over the next two days. Among these are Paramount+’s The 26th Street Garage: The FBI’s Untold Story of 9/11, Discovery+’s No Responders Left Behind, CBS’s The CIA: Race Against Time–The True Story of the CIA and 9/11, and a suite of offerings from the History Channel: Rise and Fall: The World Trade Center; 9/11: The Legacy; 9/11: Four Flights; and 9/11: I Was There.We look forward to watching all of these offerings. But today we are sticking to our rule of recommending resources that are available at the time we post. So here are the seven recent 9/11 documentaries we are recommending:9/11: Inside the President’s War Room (2021). Ever wonder what it was like to be in the George W. Bush administration on 9/11? Inside the President’s War Room tells that story. Interviews with former Bush administration officials—including President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of State Colin Powell—provide a glimpse of just how surprised and horrified America’s leaders were by the events of that day. You can watch 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room on Apple TV.