What can be done about that? The government should tell the truth, even if it hurts. I think a lot of that is an outgrowth of what happened during the last 20 years. “Conspiracists make their living extremely outrageous scenarios that are just as plausible to people who don’t understand why the American government isn’t telling them the truth.
Kirk is concerned that reversing course will not be easy. The number of conspiracy theories that have gained prominence throughout the War on Terror is staggering. Donald Trump’s “stolen election.” Endless COVID-19 misinformation. God, what else are they doing?'”Ĭonspiracies about 9/11 persist to this day and continue to be promoted by high-profile individuals - the recent controversy about Spike Lee’s “NYC Epicenters” documentary, which was re-edited to remove references to a debunked theory that the World Trade Centers were brought down by controlled demolition, is but one of many examples. I no longer believe Dick Cheney, he turns out to be a dark side kind of a guy. There were no weapons of mass destruction. “‘Why is America torturing people? That’s the opposite of what they said they were going to be doing. And then when things the government said to the American people were lies, what you discover is people believe conspiracies when they don’t have a simple or believable answer for what’s happening,” Kirk said. One of the places they started to rise was the truthers around 9/11 itself. “You can see why conspiracy theories are rising. The erosion of the American public’s trust in public institutions is central to “America After 9/11.” The Capitol attack on January 6 is prominently featured in the film’s early and ending segments and several of its sources argue that the incident was fueled by sentiments of mistrust and paranoia that have spread through much of America in the years since the World Trade Center attacks.Ĭonspiracy theories existed before 9/11, but it’s no coincidence there’s been a sharp uptick in paranoid arguments and those who believe them in the last 20 years, according to Kirk. Every time we stopped at one of those markers - weapons of mass destruction, Abu Ghraib, Colin Powell, torture - we tried to resend the signal out, ‘Here’s another piece of the edifice of what America said is crumbling at that time.'” It was almost like every single thing that failed - and many of them did - led to diminished trust and belief in the truth as articulated by the government. “The throughline is the increasing polarization and distrust of the government.
“When we decided to make this film, we stepped back and looked across the 20 years and asked what the key moments were and connected those dots,” Kirk said. Kirk discussed his intentions for creating the film, the news media and government’s roles in influencing public perception of the War on Terror, and the domestic impacts of America’s foreign policy in a recent interview with IndieWire. Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies: 50 Films the Director Wants You to See
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