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Falling Towers
Title
Falling Towers [electronic resource (video)] / NPO/Netherlands Public Broadcast.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c2011.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 02, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Why 19 hijackers turned themselves into lethal weapons on September 11, 2001, will probably never be fully understood. But can we form a rough image of their mind-set? Can we glimpse the skewed worldview that led them to terrorism, and what will that tell us about American and global reactions that came in the wake of 9/11? This program pursues those questions as it gathers insight about the attacks and their aftermath. A conversation with Andrew Card - chief of staff under George W. Bush and the official who first informed the president of the World Trade Center strikes - segues to an interview with a former Guantanamo Bay prison guard, followed by further discussion of the changes in American foreign and domestic policy wrought by the war on terror. The film also examines the repercussions of Osama bin Laden's presence in Afghanistan as well as equally tragic disturbances in the Palestinian territories.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: NPO/Netherlands Public Broadcast, 2011.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
The Curse of Osama: Culture and Geopolitics in the Post-9/11 Age
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
9/11: Beginning of the Curse (3:27)
Investigating 9/11's Global Impact (2:25)
War on Terror & New U.S. Foreign Policy (3:01)
Testimony from Guantanamo Bay Guard (6:02)
U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan (2:08)
Testimony from Afghani Refugees (2:18)
Testimony from Taliban Leader (2:55)
Rise of Bin Laden & Birth of Al-Qaeda (0:46)
Osama Bin Laden's Jalalabad Residence (3:23)
Tora Bora & Restricted Road Access (2:05)
Testimony of Afghani Chief: Fighting at Tora Bora (4:04)
Criticism of U.S. Efforts to Capture Bin Laden (2:10)
Al-Qaeda in Pakistan (2:41)
9/11's Impact on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (4:55)
West Bank Resident's Perspective on Life in War & U.S. Policy (4:14)
Testimony from Palestinian Suicide Bomber (5:21)
Preview of U.S. Invasion of Iraq (0:40)
Videorecording number
50413s Infobase
50414 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
NPO/Netherlands Public Broadcast.
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