TV-14Season 1
History casts a long shadow.
Synopsis
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (2021), Season 1 — five-episode Netflix documentary series you can watch online on iFILM. The arc stretches from al-Qaeda's roots in 1980s Afghanistan all the way to the US military's final exit four decades later.
Each episode targets a distinct chapter: the intelligence failures that left warning signs unheeded, the survivors who lived through the attacks, the CIA programs authorised in the aftermath, an unravelling war without an exit plan, and a withdrawal that risked undoing everything. Built on declassified files, newsreel footage, and candid testimony — it is less a verdict than a record.
Stream Turning Point Season 1 online on iFILM — all episodes available in full.
5 episodes
S1·E1The System Was Blinking Red
Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.
S1·E2A Place of Danger
Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.
S1·E3The Dark Side
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
S1·E4The Good War
With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.
S1·E5Graveyard of Empires
After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.
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