Miniseries · Netflix
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
History casts a long shadow.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Pope John Paul II
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Barbara Bush
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Condoleezza Rice
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
John McCain
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Dick Cheney
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Donald Rumsfeld
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Laura Bush
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Michelle Obama
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Robert Gates
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Osama bin Laden
Self (archive footage)
4 eps
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
4 eps
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Mike Pompeo
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Colin Powell
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Désirée Bouchat
Self - Employed in South Tower Offices, 101st floor
1 eps
Leokadia Glogowski
Self - NY State Dept. of Transportation, North Tower 82nd Floor
1 eps
Ali Soufan
Self - Former FBI Special Agent
1 eps
Ahmed Rashid
Self - Autor 'Taliban'
1 eps
Marilyn Wills
Self - Colonel U.S. Army
2 eps
Gregory Frederick
Self - Engineer Marriott World Trade Center
2 eps
Vincent Green
Self - NYC Dep. of Investigation, six blocks from the WTC
3 eps
Stephen Kern
Self - Port Authority NY North Tower
2 eps
Connie Magnus Melendez
Self - Former Detective Sergeant NYPD
1 eps
Kevin Gallagher
Self - President, Uniformed Firefighters Assn.
1 eps
Gregg Hansson
Self - Battalion Chief, FDNY
3 eps
Jacqueline Maguire
Self - FBI, Special Agent NY Field Office
1 eps
Bruce Hoffman
Self - Sr. Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations
2 eps
Milton Bearden
Self - Former CIA Officer
2 eps
Mark Fallon
Self - Former Deputy Commander
1 eps
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Self - Author (Green Zone), Former Washington Post Correspondent
1 eps
Craig Whitlock
Self - Author of The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of War
2 eps
Ryan Crocker
Self - Former U.S. Ambassadeur to Afghanistan
1 eps
Dale Watson
Self - Former Exec. Asst. Director, FBI
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The System Was Blinking Red
Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
S01E04
The Good War
With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
S01E03
The Dark Side
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
S01E02
A Place of Danger
Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
S01E05
Graveyard of Empires
After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lowell BergmanExecutive Producer
- Brian KnappenbergerExecutive Producer
- Eve MarsonExecutive Producer
Direction
- Brian KnappenbergerDirector
Cinematography
- Jay VisitDirector of Photography
- Scott SinklerDirector of Photography
- Axel BaumannDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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