NYC Epicenters 9/11 Through 2021 and a Half

As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages New York, Spike Lee shines a light on the city's racial justice activists amid rising police violence.

Lee hears from New York lawmakers who were at the Capitol on January 6. A Queens nurse becomes the U.S.'s first COVID vaccine recipient.

Lee explores the attacks of 9/11, hearing from survivors, frontline workers and boat captains who launched a historic maritime rescue. ​

Though the city is united in grief in the wake of 9/11, health problems of first responders, persecution of Sikhs and Muslims underscore the impact of the tragedy; New Yorkers reflect on the hardships the city has faced.