'IX XI' Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Festival Features 12 Personal 9/11 Stories Ahead of 25th Anniversary
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Matthew Carey
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
A documentary titled 'IX XI' directed by Sean Wilsey will premiere at the Tribeca Festival, recounting the 9/11 attack on New York City through deeply intimate conversations with 12 New Yorkers from various facets of the city. The film features personal stories from both well-known figures like New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast and everyday citizens, as the nation approaches the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. The Tribeca Festival itself was born from the effort to rebuild lower Manhattan after 9/11.
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· 3 pulled'IX XI' tells a dozen personal stories 'through deeply intimate conversations with New Yorkers from multiple facets of the city.'
The effort to rebuild lower Manhattan gave birth to the Tribeca Festival and it is at Tribeca that IX XI will premiere.
On September 11, the nation will mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a devastating event seared into the memory of all Americans who lived through it.
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