9/11 The Falling Man

1 x 90' Special

DSP for Channel 4

This film tells the story of the most unforgettable image from 9/11 – a photograph of a falling man, a jumper from the North Tower of the World Trade Centre, frozen in mid-air, perfectly parallel against the lines of those sun-kissed buildings. The image ran in newspapers and magazines across the world over the following week, and should have remained the defining image of that terrible day. Instead, it was quickly airbrushed out of history. Why?

9/11: The Falling Man follows the trail of that photograph – of the photographer who shot it, of the citizens who decried it, of the editors who published it and then banned it, of the journalist who tried to identify the figure, of the wife and daughters ‘accused’ of being his family, and finally of the writer who confronted America with it in an award-winning magazine article. It is an extraordinary trail.

Awards:

• BAFTA NOMINEE - Flaherty Documentary Award (2007)