Friday, September 9, 2011

9/11 Specials

ANNIVERSARY TV SPECIALS

Friday, September 9th

9/11: The Days After (9 p.m., History Channel) -- Documentary from the filmmakers behind 102 Minutes That Changed America looks at the chain of events caused by the attacks.

Saturday, September 10th

Voices From Inside the Towers (9 p.m., History Channel) -- About the audio messages left by Twin Towers victims and survivors who tried to contact family and friends from inside the burning buildings.

Portraits from Ground Zero (10 p.m., A&E) -- Profile of subjects in photos taken by Andrea Booher, only of only two photographers who were allowed unlimited, 24-hour access to Ground Zero in the days after the attacks.

The Love We Make (9 p.m., Showtime) -- Overview of how Paul McCartney quickly put together the huge benefit Concert for New York City six weeks after the attacks.


Sunday, September 11th

9/11: 10 Years Later (8 p.m., CBS) -- Filmmakers Jules Naudet, Gedeon Naudet and James Hanlon update their acclaimed film 9/11 with new interviews with some of the firefighters from the original. The special hosted by Robert DeNiro also looks at some of the health problems the first responders are facing. The French Naudet brothers happened to be following a company of firefighters on 9/11 and filmed the first plane striking the north tower, one of only two known filmed images of the impact.

Making the 9/11 Memorial (8 p.m., History Channel) -- Documentary on the National September 11 Memorial, which is opening on the same day.
The Twins of the Twin Towers (9 p.m., OWN) -- Tells the story of the more than 40 men and women who lost a twin in the attacks.

Great Performances: A Concert for New York (9 p.m., PBS) -- The New York Philharmonic performs Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection.
Rebirth (9 p.m., Showtime) -- This Sundance Film Festival honoree looks at a decade in the life of five people who were significantly impacted by the 9/11 attacks, at the same time as it gives a time-lapsed look at the evolution of the National September 11 Memorial.

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