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- An ensemble film by 11 directors about September 11 for 9-11-2002

11 world-famous filmmakers are to make an ensemble film about the September 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. The choice of directors from different countries and socio-cultural backgrounds was intentional and a way of countering the one-sided telling of this tragic story by the American press. The contributing directors are Britain's Ken Loach, France's Claude Lelouch, Bosnia's Danis Tanovic, Israel's Amos Gitaï, Iran's Samira Makhmalbaf, Senegal's Idrissa Ouedraogo, Japan's Shoei Imamura, Egypt's Youssef Chahine, India's Mira Nair, Mexico's Alejandro Iñàrritu and America's Sean Penn.
Sean Penn said that he would "ask questions and not give answers" while Idrissa Ouedraogo is convinced that this film will look beyond the tragedy of September 11 to Africa where, "people are dying every day of starvation, malaria and AIDS. Fighting terrorism also means fighting hunger, disease and poverty.»
Unfortunately only a handful of intrepid journalists managed to get past the overly scrupulous Cannes security to report this important new project.

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(Translated from Italian)

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