September 11th (01:24:01) Like December 7, September 11 is a hallowed day in U.S. history, a time for reflection and remembrance. This A&E Special looks back on the dark day in 2001.
Nine Years After 9/11: Has Religious Tolerance Changed in America? (15:23) NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown moderates a conversation among four religious leaders and experts on the tolerance—or intolerance—of different religions and cultures in America, nine years after the September. 11, 2001, attacks. Original broadcast date: September 10, 2010
16 Acres (01:32:20) The rebuilding of Ground Zero is the most architecturally, politically, and emotionally complex construction project in recent American history. The struggle to develop these 16 acres of ‘sacred’ land has encompassed 12 years, 19 government agencies, and over $20 billion. Aside from the engineering challenges, various constituencies – politicians, developers, architects, insurers, local residents, and relatives of 9/11 victims – profess conflicting claims to the site. Produced by First Run Features, 16 Acres is the inside story of how and why this historic project got built. At the heart of the story is the dramatic tension between noblest intentions, the desire of everyone involved to “get it right,” and the politics, hubris, ego and ideology that is the bedrock of New York City.
Top Secret America: The Hidden Legacy of 9/11 (55:38) FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk teams up with Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Dana Priest to reveal an unprecedented yet largely invisible legacy of 9/11: the creation of a vast maze of clandestine government and private agencies designed to hunt terrorists and prevent future attacks on the United States.
Films on Demand can be found in the All Databases list on the Library’s homepage.