Adnan Zuberi (producer and director of “9/11 in the Academic Community”) on this important film (2014): “Coming this fall, “9/11 in the Academic Community,” a Winner of the University of Toronto Film Festival, is a unique film that documents academia’s treatment of critical perspectives on 9/11 by exploring the taboo that shields the American government’s narrative from scholarly examination. Through a powerful reflection on intellectual courage and the purpose of academia, the film aims at changing intellectual discourse on 9/11 and the War on Terror… As well as probing the repercussions several scholars have endured due to their investigation of 9/11, this documentary provides an analysis of impairments in professional inquiry, ranging from the failure to critically reflect on terms functioning as thought-stoppers (such as “conspiracy theory”) to the structural approach that restricts inquiry to the broad implications of 9/11 while shutting out inquiry into the events of the day itself… It is a unique film that documents academia’s treatment of critical perspectives on 9/11 by exploring the taboo that shields the American government’s narrative from scholarly examination. Through a powerful reflection on intellectual courage and the purpose of academia, the film aims at changing intellectual discourse on 9/11 and the War on Terror.” [1].
[1]. Adnan Zuberi, “9/11 in the Academic Community: how university professors analyse 9/11 and the War on Terrorism” , Global Research, 25 November 2013: http://www.globalresearch.ca/911-in-the-academic-community-how-university-professors-analyze-911-and-the-war-on-terrorism/5359278 .