Twenty years after the tragic events of 9/11, it’s hard to imagine anyone doesn’t have the images of the Twin Towers, whether on fire or collapsing, permanently etched in their brains. …
Twenty years after the tragic events of 9/11, it’s hard to imagine anyone doesn’t have the images of the Twin Towers, whether on fire or collapsing, permanently etched in their brains.
“When we’re looking at footage of people waving from the top of the tower, we had to make sure that those people were not identifiable. But I think in making it unflinching, it was respectful also to the people who we interview because a lot of them are talking about struggling with suicidal thoughts 20 years later, and I think you don’t fully appreciate why that is unless you understand what they went through — unless you understand the horror of what they witnessed,” she explains.
Over the six episodes, their docuseries includes such first responders as Joseph Pfeifer, the first FDNY chief to respond to the call for help down at the World Trade Center who lost his brother that day, and Heather “Lucky” Penney of the United States Armed Forces, who took to the sky to stop any other planes being used as weapons.
“We tried to be immersive and present day. On that first go, a fresh emotion comes through,” he explains. “They were gracious and welcoming for us; they were enthusiastic contributors and wanting to participate. And I think that helped set the tone, which was, this is not like any other documentary where we just need to say A, B and C — the story points — and then we go. We wanted to achieve something a bit more profound than that.
“As a documentary maker your first commitment has to be to the truth,” he says. “And so, the original pitch indeed was, ‘This will be a series that will show the the worst of humanity and also the best of humanity.’ In just doing very deep research, we really became familiarized with as many many loving stories as we could.
“It’s a tricky process,” Bogado says, “because you need to make some sacrifices sometimes [in what you can include]. These are 45 minute-long [episodes], and you end up with just the most powerful and essential pieces. For such an important, huge story, you want all of it to be essential. And so that’s what was the guiding principle.”
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