2008 · documentary
102 Minutes That Changed America
Directed by Nicole Rittenmeyer, Seth Skundrick1h 42m2008
The morning of September 11, 2001 is shown through multiple video cameras in and around New York City, from the moment the first WTC tower is hit until after both towers collapse.
Our read: 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded documentary entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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