‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America
A new Netflix documentary, 'Turning Point: Generation 9/11', examines the long-term impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks on American society and policy. The film explores how the events and subsequent government decisions continue to shape the world 25 years later.
Why it matters
As the generation born after 9/11 comes of age, understanding the historical and political shifts caused by the attacks remains crucial for contemporary civic discourse.
A still from Turning Point: Generation 9/11. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix A still from Turning Point: Generation 9/11. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix Documentary films ‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America In Netflix film Turning Point: Generation 9/11, the lives of people forever impacted by the terrorist attack in 2001 are explored
David Smith in Washington Tue 1 Sep 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 1 Sep 2026 12.04 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google T wenty-five years on, memory is giving way to history. Soon the US will cross the point where half its population were born after 11 September 2001 or were too young to remember the day that terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in northern Virginia and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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