September 11
Spotlight Regional Premiere
Courtesy of Empire Pictures
France - 135 minutes
Sunday, July 20 at 3:00 pm
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Eleven internationally acclaimed directors respond to September 11, each with their own short film - 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame long. Eleven visions of the tragic event that occurred in New York City on September 11, 2001; eleven points of view engaging their individual conscience. Filmmakers: Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran), Claude Lelouch (France), Youssef Chahine (Egypt), Danis Tanovic (Bosnia), Idrissa Ouedraogo (West Africa), Ken Loach (Great Britain), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Mexico), Amos Gitai (Israel), Mira Nair (India), Sean Penn (USA), and Shohei Imamura (Japan). The film aims to evoke the scale of shock from this horrific event and testifies to its resonance throughout the world. Artistic producer Alain Brigand (France) has created a harrowing, thought-provoking and controversial global look at September 11. In various languages with subtitles.
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