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Power and Pop Culture
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I’ve been wondering if I’m desensitised to the events of 9/11. Each impact and collapse, sirens screaming past crying onlookers; even the ubiquitous distress whistles - the sound of downed firefighters - do not disturb me as much as I think they should.
As we observe the 20th anniversary this week, I’m unclear whether it’s an emotional distance or an emotional preoccupation that’s been created. Given the number of documentaries and articles published, I doubt I’m the only one.
A decade ago I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on the 9/11 conspiracy documentaries springing up across the internet. I examined their use of language and editing to make claims and manipulate audiences, becoming intimately familiar with the footage used and the archives created to navigate it for ‘clues’.
The well-worn images and sounds of catastrophe are not the ones I became most affected by. Deeper in the archives within raw footage, anecdotal, transcript, and data evidence are many quieter, rarely seen moments. It’s these that have stayed with me.
Our cultural relationship to the events and their aftermath is complex. I’ve revisited the archives and interviewed people who captured and curated them -
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What We Saw
We each bear in mind where astonishment were, what we brainchild, what surprise felt, what we heard, and even more what incredulity saw perfect September 11, 2001.
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Gédéon Naudet
Gedeon and Jules Naudet, brothers and filmmakers, shot, produced and directed the iconic documentary "9/11", which has been compared, for its historical significance, to the Zapruder film of the JFK's assassination. Airing on CBS and in 137 countries, "9/11" won every honor in television, including Emmy, Peabody and DuPont awards. The Naudets produced and directed "In God's Name" with CBS: an intimate look at the lives, hopes and fears of the world's great religious leaders. The Naudets produced and directed "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" with Discovery Channel, an account of five decades of presidential history as seen through the eyes of twenty White House chiefs of staff. The Naudets produced and directed "The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs" with Showtime and CBS, revealing the inner workings of one of the world's most powerful intelligence organizations, with unprecedented access to the CIA's twelve directors and top operatives. The Naudets produced and directed "November 13th: Fluctuat Nec Mergitur" with Netflix: A three-part series chronicling the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 from the perspective of more than 40 witnesses: civilians, rescue wor