The Power of Nightmares

Season 1 Episode 3: The Shadows in the Cave

Nov 03, 2004 NR 1h 8.7

Curtis argues that, after their failed revolutions, bin Laden and Zawahiri had little or no popular support, let alone a serious complex organisation of terrorists, and were dependent upon independent operatives to carry out their new call for jihad. The film instead shows the United States government wanting to prosecute bin Laden in absentia for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, and needing to prove him to be the head of a criminal organisation to do so. They find a former associate of bin La...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Baby It's Cold Outside

1. Baby It's Cold Outside

Aired: Oct 20, 2004

In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they pro...

Episode 2 The Phantom Victory

2. The Phantom Victory

Aired: Oct 27, 2004

Islamist factions, rapidly falling under the more radical influence of Zawahi...

Episode 3 The Shadows in the Cave

3. The Shadows in the Cave

Aired: Nov 3, 2004

Curtis argues that, after their failed revolutions, bin Laden and Zawahiri ha...

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Main Cast

Adam Curtis Narrator

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Adam Curtis Creator, Writer

Info about The Power of Nightmares

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Documentary, History