Movie
September 11
Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers Allende; events recall other deaths; a mother endures more than her son's death. Tones vary, as do the locales. Most concern coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.
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Where to watch in United States
Checked Sep 3, 2026
September 11 is available to stream on The Criterion Channel in United States. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
Synopsis
Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers Allende; events recall other deaths; a mother endures more than her son's death. Tones vary, as do the locales. Most concern coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.
More about September 11
Cast
Ernest BorgnineOld Man (segment "USA")
Keren MorJournalist (segment "Israel")
Tanvi AzmiTalat Hamdani (segment "India")
Kapil BawaSalim Hamdani (segment "India")Credits
- Directed by
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Sean Penn, Mira Nair, Ken Loach, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shōhei Imamura, Samira Makhmalbaf, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Danis Tanović
- Written by
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Sean Penn, Sabrina Dhawan, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Samira Makhmalbaf, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Danis Tanović, Pierre Uytterhoeven, Marie-Jose Sanselme, Daisuke Tengan, Vladimir Vega
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- 11’09”01 – September 11
- Box office
- $1.3M
Production
Galatée FilmsFrance
StudioCanalFrance
