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My Trip to Al-Qaeda
2010 · Film · documentary · 86 min
Directed by Alex Gibney
Journalist Lawrence Wright brings his multilayered one-man play to the screen as he discusses how a reporter remains objective while covering highly charged issues such as 9/11, Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden's past and the history of Islam. Wright examines the Muslim religion, Al-Qaeda's rise to power and bin Laden's complicated relationship with the rulers of Saudi Arabia in this riveting documentary from Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney.
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You might be interested in Wright's lecture/one-man-show My Trip to Al-Qaeda, where he talks about his research for the book The Looming Tower, going overseas to meet Al Qaeda members and their relatives.
It's available for free several places online, e.g. https://tubitv.com/movies/312561/my-trip-to-al-qaeda
The second part of the book, which was about the FBI's pursuit of Al Qaeda, was turned into a dramatized series on Hulu. It's very much from the FBI's point of view. One of the main "characters" in the series is Ali Soufan, played by an actor. The real Ali Soufan was one of the producers.