PAST: FILM: Documentary "Rebirth" honors 9/11 through survivors stories, and shows rebuilding SUN, Sept 11th from 6:00pm - 7:15pm at the NPG, Free

Honor the events of 9.11.01 with a free screening of the documentary Rebirth at the National Portrait Gallery

Sunday, September 11th
6:00pm - 7:15pm

Free, doors open 5:30pm

Rebirth (2011, 108 min, directed by Jim Whitaker) is a documentary that chronicles the lives of five people directly affected by the events of 9.11.01 and tracks the evolution of the entire rebuilding at the World Trade Center site through multicamera time-lapse photography. The film is an act of personal witness to one of the most profound events in American history and the healing that has come in its wake.

Image: Jim Whitaker, director/producer of Rebirth at Ground Zero. Courtesy Oscilloscope Laboratories via the listing on goSmithsonian.com.

National Potrait Gallery

McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level

between 7th & 9th St, NW and F & G St, NW

Metro: Gallery Place - Chinatown