NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½

2021

Recommended
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62%
4 episodes
Documentary

Using archival footage and first-hand accounts from New Yorkers, Spike Lee draws a loving connective line between New York during... More

Using archival footage and first-hand accounts from New Yorkers, Spike Lee draws a loving connective line between New York during the 9/11 disaster and New York during the COVID-19 pandemic in this HBO miniseries.

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NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ episodes

Episode 1

As COVID rips through NYC, ravaging Spike Lee's beloved Brooklyn... More at a devastating rate, New Yorkers come together to support doctors and nurses while navigating public school shutdowns. Also unfolding are the NYC demonstrations in support of Black Lives Matter as the nation contends with pent-up frustration and police violence in the wake of George Floyd's murder.

Episode 2

After inflammatory rhetoric emboldens the January 6 insurrection, Spike ... More hears from the New York Representatives who were in or near the U.S. Capitol Building that day. While, the nation's first vaccine recipient provides hope.

Episode 3

Lee recounts the construction of the World Trade Center in... More the 1970s and how the bombing in 1993 foreshadowed the events of September 11. Survivors and frontline workers who rushed to the scene weave a vivid picture of the attacks as they unfold, including the boat captains who ferried thousands of New Yorkers to safety from the southern tip of Manhattan.

Episode 4

A range of interviewees reflect on 9/11, the ongoing hardships... More they’ve faced, and the city’s determination to emerge stronger than ever.

NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ | Ratings & Reviews

In this incisive miniseries, Spike Lee lovingly examines his hometown of New York in two times of crisis: 2001, and 2021.

100_%6 reviews
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62_%2 reviews
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"At its most effective, NYC Epicenters combines archival footage and testimonies to create an essential archive of knowledge, pain and resilience. At its most confusing... it strays into barely related sidebars - almost always related to Trump - that quickly lose sight of what makes the series most powerful."

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Variety

"NYC Epicenters offers big, emotionally heightened drama, punctuated by big, openhearted humanity and humour. Even in its flaws, it’s Spike Lee at his most Spike Lee - and, perhaps ultimately, at his best."

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