September Eleventh: Eyewitnesses

Flim/Video WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING/DISCUSSION WOMEN WITH VISION: RESTLESS AGE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH: EYEWITNESSES INTRODUCED BY DIRECTOR POLA RAPAPORT THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002, 8 PM FREE AUDITORIUM

A significant number of women film- and videomakers live near of the site of the World Trade Center, and many experienced the events of September 11 firsthand, unfiltered by media coverage. The works in this program were collected by New York filmmaker Pola Rapaport: "It is a very alive group of work, changing every day as the makers confront the material they have filmed as an immediate response to the greatest disaster they have ever experienced." A discussion led by Rapaport follows.

71 WEST BROADWAY
DIRECTED BY BEVERLY PETERSON
Spanning a three-month period, this touching video diary lets the viewer see and feel what it was like to live two blocks north of the wreckage. Beverly Peterson's work includes documentaries such as The Andre Show. 2002, U.S., color, video, 20 minutes.

71 West Broadway

9.11

TO THE WORKERS OF THE WORLD
DIRECTED BY TAMI GOLD
This short video is a moving elegy to the kitchen workers of the World Trade Center's Windows on the World restaurant, which was located on the 107th floor of the North Tower. Documentarian Tami Gold teaches media at Hunter College. 2002, U.S., color, video, 4 minutes.

TORNADO
DIRECTED BY LYNNE SACHS
Shot in Brooklyn, Lynne Sachs' poetic video shows where much of the paper and soot from the burning towers fell. Sachs recently completed Investigation of a Flame, a documentary about Vietnam War resisters. 2002, U.S., color, video, 3 minutes.

For more information on Lynne Sachs, please see the following URL: http://www.hi-beam.net/mkr/ls/ls.html

THREE BLIND MICE
DIRECTED BY CANDY KUGEL
This humorous animated film about three Sams--S(add)am, Osama, and (Uncle) Sam--is really a black comedy against war. Animator Candy Kugel's numerous works include Inbetweening America. 2002, U.S., color, video, 1 minute.

For more information on Candy Kugel, please see the following URL: http://showcase.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=Artistpage &artist_no=41

9.11
DIRECTED BY KERRY REARDON
Kerry Reardon videotaped her neighborhood on the fringe of downtown Manhattan's Lower East Side from day to evening on September 11. The videomaker is also a scenic artist. 2002, U.S., color, video, 13 minutes.

HOSPITAL AT GROUND ZERO
DIRECTED BY NINA ROSENBLUM
Nina Rosenblum examines the events from the perspective of physicians and other health workers at NYU Downtown Hospital, the medical facility closest to the site of the attacks. Rosenblum has made many documentaries, including Liberators, which was nominated for an Academy Award. 2002, U.S., color, video, 12 minutes.

Tribute 9.11

China Diary (911)

TRIBUTE 9.11
DIRECTED BY MONICA SHARF
Patriotic, emotional, and without dialogue, Monica Sharf's film attempts to capture the feelings of the day through the workers who were there. Sharf's previous work includes commercials and shorts. 2002, U.S., B/W, video, 2 minutes.

SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH: EYEWITNESSES
DIRECTED BY POLA RAPAPORT
Juxtaposing images of the posters of missing people with shots of construction teams at work, Pola Rapaport layers the voices of her friends and neighbors, eyewitnesses to the disaster unfolding. Rapaport appeared at the 2001 Women with Vision festival with Family Secret and Blind Light. 2002, U.S., color, video, 10 minutes.

THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH
DIRECTED BY DARCY DENNETT
Darcy Dennett's video focuses on a group of Staten Island residents as they view fires and collapsing buildings from a vantage point some miles away. Dennett's work includes cinematography, music videos, and documentaries. 2002, U.S., color, video, 4 minutes.

CHINA DIARY (911)
DIRECTED BY EVA ILONA BRZESKI
Darcy Dennett's video focuses on a group of Staten Island residents as they view fires and collapsing buildings from a vantage point some miles away. Dennett's work includes cinematography, music videos, and documentaries. 2002, U.S., color, video, 4 minutes.

For more information on Eva Ilona Brzeski, please see the following URL: http://www.evapix.com/

 

 

 

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