September 11th Remembered in Film
Each year BAC Folk Arts addresses New York’s September 11th anniversary with a special memorial project. For the sixth anniversary we presented September 11th Remembered in Film, a screening of independent documentary and interpretive works.
September 07, 2007 – September 10, 2007
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Brooklyn Arts Council
We announced the call for submissions to local filmmakers and video artists in June and the response was tremendous. The material was wide ranging and revelatory, exposing new dimensions of visual and emotional response to September 11th. Among the films chosen were Susanna Styron’s 9/12: From Chaos to Community (2006), an intimate portrait focusing on a small group of New Yorkers who volunteered at Ground Zero; Tyler Cartner’s Demons, a child’s interpretation of September 11; Nina Davenport?s Parallel Lines (2004), a truly moving roadtrip series of interviews with ordinary Americans conducted as the filmmaker drove from San Diego to New York in November 2001; Al Santana’s In the Spirit of Peace (2007), a rare document of a candlelight peace vigil held in Brooklyn on September 21, 2001; and Moira Tierney’s American Dreams #3 (2002), a raw evocation using footage taken of New York survivors making their way home across the East River Bridges after the attacks.
Screenings and discussions with the filmmakers took place on four evenings. To help promote discussion, each evening centered around a theme. Participants were invited to renew through remembrance.
SCREENING SCHEDULE
Screenings began each evening at 6:00 p.m.Friday, September 7: Communities
American Dreams # 3 Moira Tierney
9/11 Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn Randi Cecchine
9/12: From Chaos to Community Susanna Styron
Through My Eyes Shawn Batey
All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Lillian Benson
Brooklyn Promenade Mark Street
Saturday, September 8: Parallels
Watching Smoke from the Other Side Sara Ching-Yu Sun
Market Day Anita Glesta
Legally Blind Ingrid Rojas
Demons Tyler Cartner
Stardust Colin Gee
We Are Family Danny Schechter
I ♥ Hip-Hop in Morocco Josh Asen
Sunday, September 9: Windows
Say Can You See Tony Caio
Zahira'ss Peace Nina Rosenblum
Welcome to New York Norman Cowie
The History Makers Louise Tiranoff/ Lynn McVeigh
America Rebuilds II- Return to Ground Zero Kenneth Mandel/ Daniel Polin
Monday, September 10: Vigils
The Disappearing View Simon Lund
Searching for Sense Katja Esson
In the Spirit of Peace Al Santana
Parallel Lines Nina Davenport
FDNY Thank You Ride Mike Gaughan
In Memoriam 9/11 Alicia Ng
Closure D.R.Hernandez