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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9/11 - The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition (DVD)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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Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive (Photo Book)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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9/11 Commemorative Box Set (DVD)By Vanguard Cinema |
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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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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11(Book)by Lawrence Wright |
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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. |