Forster ’s next major producing project was the Emmy Award-winning documentary miniseries '' Rising : Rebuilding Ground Zero '' , which he created and co-executive produced with Steven Spielberg . '' Rising '' aired on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel on September 11 , 2011 , ten years after the attack on the World Trade Center ; in deference to the significance of the project , '' Rising '' aired commercial-free , and had a simultaneous international premiere . In six one-hour episodes , filmed over a three-year period , the series chronicles the vast effort to rebuild and reimagine lower Manhattan in the wake of 9/11 . Rising was one of five nominees for the 2012 Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming — Long Form , and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft : Graphic Design and Art Direction ( Dbox ) , as well as won for Promotional Announcement
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