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I can reveal that South African viewers will get to see the extraordinary new documentary TV series chronicling the rebuilding of New York's World Trade Center site entitled
The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero by
Steven Spielberg from September on the Discovery Channel (DStv 121).
It now looks more and more likely that
The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero that is executive produced by
Steven Spielberg and which has not been shown in America yet will be shown in South Africa at the same time, or very close to, the American debut of this special documentary series.
Since the Discovery Channel definitely has
The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero on the schedule for September for South Africa, and since the American president Barack Obama will have an internationally televised unveiling of the new World Trade Center complex on 11 September 2011, it strongly points to the documentary series probably starting in America in September as well. That will mean that South Africa will get to see this special TV project at the same time as it's shown in America.
At the original World Trace Center a massive effort is currently underway to create the world's largest man-made waterfalls lined with the names of everyone who died there as well as brand-new skyscrapers.
The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero follows the intricate construction process of building the sprawling complex, the likes of which the world has never seen before. The construction currently underway is the most complex, demanding and detailed project ever attempted and the Discovery cameras are following the construction and technical progress as well as the people on the site.
