Because it was such a recent and controversial event there were no actual actors, rather only interviews and unedited footage of court cases which would make this film highly accurate. One of the only flaws, as aforementioned, was the lack of context about previous Al-Qaeda attacks and the minimal information as to why there were tensions between the Islamic extremists and America in the first place. These flaws are the only thing that keep the rating of this film to a 9 out of 10 stars on historical content. While this film was very riveting and heart moving overall, there is a lot of mixed feelings on whether to share this film with other students. Due to the content being on such a heavy, depressing topic, including actual footage of jumpers from the top floors of the towers as well as final phone calls from the deceased, my recommendation would stand that no student be exposed to all two hours of this film in a single sitting. This is by no means saying that the film should have pulled back any of these things, as they are important to understand how a poorly equipped nation can send so many into desperation and
Because it was such a recent and controversial event there were no actual actors, rather only interviews and unedited footage of court cases which would make this film highly accurate. One of the only flaws, as aforementioned, was the lack of context about previous Al-Qaeda attacks and the minimal information as to why there were tensions between the Islamic extremists and America in the first place. These flaws are the only thing that keep the rating of this film to a 9 out of 10 stars on historical content. While this film was very riveting and heart moving overall, there is a lot of mixed feelings on whether to share this film with other students. Due to the content being on such a heavy, depressing topic, including actual footage of jumpers from the top floors of the towers as well as final phone calls from the deceased, my recommendation would stand that no student be exposed to all two hours of this film in a single sitting. This is by no means saying that the film should have pulled back any of these things, as they are important to understand how a poorly equipped nation can send so many into desperation and