Haunting and powerful.  You'll never forget SITE after

you've seen it.  Against a classical ballad for 5-10 minutes, you watch an extreme close-up of men, women and children as they witness the devastation at Ground Zero for the first time.  I was compelled to go to the September 11 screening at Sundance because I'm a New Yorker living in L.A. and I was curious to see what New York artists, not the media, had to say about it. And I was concerned that it might feel opportunist or sentimental, (and a few of the pieces were in my opinion), but SITE feels very hands off, very authentic--it doesn't manipulate its subject, it just respectfully captures it.   We never actually see Ground Zero in the short, and because of it, it is somehow more compelling, perhaps because it becomes more tangible.  We see the faces and we can empathize with these people's very human emotions ( even if not the same as our own) rather have the interference of the site itself, which forces us back to that place where we try to comprehend the extent and or meaning of the event itself.

The documentary is a form of non-fiction storytelling that aims to present factual information, insights, and perspectives on real-world subjects, events, issues, or people. Documentaries can cover a wide range of topics, including history, science, culture, social issues, nature, biographies, and more.

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The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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