via CreativeTime :
MEL CHIN
9-11/9-11, Chile/U.S.A., 2006
Film Screenings
NYC / Santiago / Houston
October 2006In this animated new film, 9-11/9-11, Mel Chin creates a tale of two cities, a tragedy of two times, weaving a story of love and hope wrecked by overt and covert manipulations of power and the impact of these collective traumas. 9-11/9-11 is presented by Creative Time and will be shown in October in Santiago, Chile (Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, Santiago), New York City, and Houston (The Museum of Fine Arts).
September 11, 2001—New York City. September 11, 1973—Santiago. The terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York scarred the trust of the American people; while the Chilean military overthrow of President Salvador Allende, which occurred on the same day twenty-eight years prior, ushered in seventeen years of autocratic rule that left countless victims of torture and more than three thousand dead.
Thanks to Ann W. Harithas for her generous support for 9-11/9-11.
MEL CHIN is an artist who generates social awareness and responsibility through his politically engaged work. [more info...]
