
SnagFilms Kicks Off Annual 9/11 Remembrance Slate
[Mark Rabinowitz] Beginning tomorrow, September 5th and continuing through September 12th, SnagFilms (one of this blogs presenters) will be presenting its first annual "September 11th Remembrance in Film" lineup, with a slate of five docs, including Steven Rosenbaum's "7 Days in September," National Geographic's "Afghanistan Revealed," Beth Murphy's "Beyond Belief," Glenn Holsten's "Saint of 9-11," and Danny Schechter's "We Are Family." Clearly this is not meant to be a comprehensive documentary look at the events of 9/11 and the slate was apparently put together at a moment's notice but considering how much "conspiracy theory" dreck is out there, this isn't bad. On the subject of 9/11, the Republican National Convention just aired a video apparently titled: "World Stood Still" that contained horrific video from 9/11, including both towers exploding and falling and a voiceover talking about "bodies falling." After the video, MSNBC cut to Tom Brokaw and Chuck Todd who had a little bit to say about the convention and then back to Keith Olbermann who, visibly upset (he mentioned that he'd lost several friends on the day), proceeded to excoriate the GOP and his own network for airing the video. Keeping that in mind, I have a question or two for all of my readers: Has the definitive 9/11 doc been made or are we still waiting? Is it too soon? How much 9/11 is too much?
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