This time last year, we were banging on about Loose Change, Dylan Avery’s online 9/11 documentary asking ‘honest questions’ about the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.

Questions like why were there reports of multiple explosions in the towers? Why did the plane crashing into the Pentagon (and for that matter, the United 93 crash) leave no evidence of an actual plane? Why did the footage of Bin Laden admitting the attacks bear no resemblance to existing pictures of
the man?

Admittedly, the whole 9/11 truth movement seems to have lost a lot of momentum these days, following campaigner David Shayler’s sudden, and very public, realisation that he’s Jesus (yeah, thanks for that, Dave) and a gimcrack, hastily thrown together and morally bankrupt BBC documentary.

However, our sister site PRSD spoke to last survivor out of the World Trade Center and 9/11 truth campaigner William Rodriquez (absent from the BBC doc, since you ask) when he visited the South West in February and we know who we believe.

He said it was the 9/11 Commission Report that made him determined to challenge the official story.

Up until that point he believed the US government would provide answers to his, and other witnesses’, questions. William’s testimony to the Commission, which was heard behind closed doors, was not included in the report.

“I realised they used our tragedy to further a power grab against the population,” he  told PRSD. “We have seen that 9/11 has been a catalyst for political change worldwide; a catalyst for the war on terrorism.

“If the truth of 9/11 is told, their whole story and the foundation of the war on terrorism will fall into pieces. The whole concept of what they are selling us will crumble.”

Indeed, it’s hard to get excited about the much-lauded likes of In The Valley Of Elah, The Kingdom and Lions For Lambs when it appears everyone’s lost interest in asking why we’re actually in Iraq in the first place.

Which is why we’re mentioning Avery’s film again - at least until Morgan Spurlock’s mooted Bin Laden interview turns up (don’t hold your breath).

The third version of Loose Change is available on DVD and will cost you $20 or something, so maybe check out the free second version. It was our film of the year last year and, as promised, it’s our film of the year this year.

Yknow, that or Knocked Up. We can’t decide.

Click below to watch the latest Loose Change trailer and then let us know your thoughts. Happy new year, D+Cineastes!

Posted by Thin White Duke

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