The 5 year commemoration of 9/11 2001
is nearing.
Here is a selection of some of the best DVDs and Books concerning this major
historical event.
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Starring: Tony Benatatos, Jamal Braithwaite Director: James Hanlon, Rob Klug |
On the morning of September 11, 2001,
brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were working on a documentary about a
rookie New York City firefighter. Hearing a roar in the sky, Jules
turned his camera upward--just in time to film the only existing image
of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center. In a fateful
instant, Jules and Gedeon became eyewitnesses to the most shocking and
defining incident of our time.
With cameras rolling, the Naudets followed NYC firefighters into the
heart of what would be known as Ground Zero. What emerged is an
unforgettably powerful visual document and a stirring tribute to
real-life heroes who, in their city's darkest hour, rose to
extraordinary acts of courage and compassion. |
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by Joel Meyerowitz |
Pre-order: Expected release date August
21, 2006 After September
11th, 2001, the Ground Zero site in New York City was
classified as a crime scene and only those directly involved in the
recovery efforts were allowed inside. The press was also prohibited from
the site, but with the help of the Museum of the City of New York and
sympathetic city officials, award-winning photographer Joel
Meyerowitz managed to obtain unlimited access. By ingenuity and
sheer determination, he was the only photographer granted unimpeded
right of entry into Ground Zero. For 9 months, during the day and night,
Meyerowitz photographed "the pile", as the World Trade Center came to be
known, and the over 800 people a day that were working in it. |
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By Vanguard Cinema |
Pre-order: Expected
release date August 29, 2006
Commemorating 5 years since the horrific day in
September, featuring three distinct dvd’s depicting the lives of
ordinary people that became heroes on 9/11. BROTHERS ON HOLY
GROUND presents now familiar newsreel footage of the planes crashing
and the towers crumbling down, and follows the day from the perspective
of New York firemen including interviews conducted before, along with
follow ups with their widows. FDNY DREAM BIKE tells the story of
one fireman’s dream of restoring a motorcycle which came symbolize his
ladder company. BEYOND THE ASHES dramatizes the lives of people
in lower Manhattan, and how they coped with the aftermath. |
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by Lawrence Wright |
A sweeping narrative
history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at
the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence
failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright’s
remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds
of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United
States. |
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