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Whether you see yourself as a truth seeker, a patriotic American, an independent thinker or voter, or just someone with bad memories of 9/11, you should make an effort to see The Reflecting Pool, a new independent film. . It’s not about September 11. It’s about the credibility of the government’s official 9/11 story. Although it is a drama, it is based on meticulously researched facts about 9/11 as revealed in the bonus material on the DVD.
The story is about the search for the truth and the disturbing implications of uncovering the truth of 9/11 that conflicts with what has become folklore about the historical event.
The plot follows the efforts of freelance journalist Alex Prokop and Paul Cooper, an investigator and father of a 9/11 victim, to piece together snippets of events into a picture that ultimately implicates the US government in the attacks. The horror of this revelation rivals the horror of the events of 9/11 itself, especially when we realize that many more people, especially American soldiers, have died from 9/11 in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan than September 11. However, closing our eyes to this truth makes us co-conspirators in one of the most evil and despicable events in the world.
And that’s the dilemma viewers face after watching this disturbing docudrama: what if this fictional story really and accurately describes how our government played a role in the 9/11 cause?
Screenwriter and director Jarek Kupsc plays Alex Prokop, who examines a mysterious 9/11 videotape that reveals new information about the attack. Joseph Culp appears as Paul Cooper, the man who sent the tape and whose daughter died on September 11. Though skeptical of conspiracy theories and fearful that they will endanger his career, Prokop agrees to take on the story with the encouragement of his magazine editor and former Gulf War correspondent McGuire, played by Lisa Black.
The film follows Prokop and Cooper, especially as they investigate one of the great mysteries of September 11: the inexplicable collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center Building 7, not hit by any aircraft. They discover the illegal destruction of physical evidence from Ground Zero and uncover information that the White House knew an attack was imminent. The team spends two weeks in New York and Washington DC, interviewing people and uncovering damning information never mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report. The FBI gets involved, the magazine’s corporate investors threaten to kill the entire story, and Prokop is attacked by a lawsuit and the media in an effort to discredit his story. Why?
Because the official version presented in the 9/11 Commission Report deliberately ignored or omitted vital evidence and testimonies to protect the people of the Bush administration. Prokop, haunted by the ghosts of his childhood in Russia and trying to defend the independence of American journalism, struggles to confront this terrible truth. The film illustrates that, as so often happens, the truth does not set you free; tie your stomach and your conscience in a knot. It will remind you of All the President’s Men and JFK, films that also used drama to pursue political truths.
The DVD is available for just $ 15 at http://reflectingpoolfilm.com/ and you’ll want to lend it to friends and family or give it as a gift, which is made especially attractive with even lower prices for packages of five or ten DVDs. . An extended trailer is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32b-e-xwuB8. Details about the film and its actors are at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015468/
Video rental outlets like Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Netflix, and Redbox should make this DVD available. If not, it is further proof that status quo thinking is subverting the truth of 9/11 to the detriment of American democracy. Public libraries should also store this important educational film. Once you see it, you will also feel very confident that it will reach a wide audience.
Warning: No matter what you know or think you know about 9/11, this movie will shake your head, make you think, and perhaps keep you awake at night.