What's the Word? Seeing 9/11
Series: What's the Word? Remembering 9/11
From: Modern Language Association
Length: 00:28:58
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Piece Description
The sights and sounds of September 11th and its aftermath are indelibly etched in our minds. How do we represent this event? What narratives get told? How do we commemorate those who died? And what role does art play in helping us come to terms with grief and trauma? On this program Josh Charlson talks about Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers, Nora Alter discusses the film United 93, and David Simpson shares his thoughts about the New York Times’s Portraits of Grief.
Fifteen- and thirty-second promos available.
This piece has a companion, What's the Word? Shakespeare after 9/11.
Additional Credits
Technical Director, Duke Markos; Production Manager, Lee Morgan
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