A free screening of Houston artist Mel Chin’s 9-11/9-11 will take place at the MFAH’s Brown Auditorium Theater Tuesday, September 11 at 6 p.m.
The animated short tells the parallel tales of two cities, focusing on the September 11, 1973 Chilean military coup of President Allende in Santiago, Chile, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
Following the 6 p.m. screening, an exclusive live video conference will be transmitted from New York City and Santiago, Chile.
Beginning at 7 p.m., the Houston audience will be able to "witness" commentary and discourse from both countries. The real time interplay will be projected on the big screen in the Brown Auditorium Theater. Citizens from two cities that were transfigured by tragic 9-11 circumstances, 28 years apart, will be given time for individual expression and recollection. The transmission will pause for a re-screening of 9-11/9-11, and return to a view of live bi-city audience response. The evening will conclude about 9 p.m. CDT.
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I saw the preview screening of this last semester or so. animation wise it's alright, the dialog is horrible, but to me Chin is reaching to make the connection btwn two extremely different things unsuccessfully. The same date isn't enough in my opinion.
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