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Guest Review by Dan Berman

This past September I went to The Boston Film Festival where I saw films like Welcome To Collinwood, Emperor's Club, The Grey Zone, and Knockaround Guys. But the one film that really captured my attention is a documentary called Seven Days In September.

My hat goes off to Director Bruce Rosenbaum who takes you into a different world after 9/11. Using the resources of more than 50 filmmakers, Director and Producer Steve Rosenbaum gathered their stories, cataloged their material, and worked to weave together a complex, and brutally honest story. It's both an extraordinary and historic journey, and a moment in time that all of us will not forget.

If you were planning to see an extraordinary documentary, you got to see Seven Days In September. I have seen wonderfully shot footage that just took your breath away in many various films before, but not even close to what I experienced after seeing Seven Days In September that just left you with a deep sadness inside. The raw footage takes you back to that horrible morning on September/11/2001 when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. I couldn't even begin to describe the feelings I had after viewing what the residents of their city witnessed first hand. What made this documentary so fascinating is that it takes you through the first seven days after the attack, and how an entire city, and the people try to pull together. It takes you in and really never let's go of you until the end. To be honest, I was still sitting there captivated by those disturbing images that I saw even well after the film was over.

You'll witness first hand footage of American Airlines Boeing 767 Flight 11 as it crashes into The North Tower then a few minutes later United Airlines, Flight 175 as it flies into the South Tower and finally American Flight 77 as it crashes into the pentagon.

The entire documentary was virtually shot with hand held video cameras from the people who were there on location. Can you imagine how it feels to stand there and watch an historic landmark come down? The images gave you an idea of how the people were coming together and remembering the people who had lost their lives only a week earlier. The cameras walked through the city during the day and night showing how the people were trying to repair what were there private possessions.This stunning look into the attack on 9/11 is outstanding as it also included interviews with the people who lived through this awful ordeal.

Again, Steve Rosenbaum did an outstanding job putting together a piece of filmmaking that should be remembered for years to come. This film came on the one-year anniversary after the senseless attack on America.

Dan Berman

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