7 minutes of faces that will haunt you longer than most blockbusters.
Made for Underground Zero: Independent Filmmakers Respond to 9/11 This short video is made up of portraits taken from the fliers posted on the streets of New York following 9/11.
Direction
Sachs's restraint lets the fliers speak.
Editing
Rapid succession becomes overwhelming, then numbing, then devastating.
Director
Ira Sachs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a 2002 anthology where indie filmmakers processed 9/11 without studio interference—raw, uneven, necessary.
Sachs later said he filmed the fliers before they weathered, capturing hope before it curdled to certainty of death.
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