You raise some really good questions and points, Jen. Growing up there were tons of fictional movies about Vietnam and WWII. We are still seeing movies about WWII. Why aren’t there fictional movies about 9/11? Because they won’t sell? Because they’re afraid of Islamophobia? Everyone is afraid of being canceled and money is more important than teaching this to our youth. We’ve obviously got it wrong as a country in this sense and it’s deeply flawed. Thanks for writing hard topics so clearly. I enjoy your writing.
There have actually been a bunch of movies and documentaries over the years. I think there is generally more sensitivity to this event being a part of pop culture given it was on US soil.
Going through the article’s list, there’s more documentary than fictionalization. Maybe that’s the felt difference? I do recall the Tom Hanks movie bc it was based on Foer’s book.
Thank you for the info. I guess I don’t know why the topic feels so “untouched” to me. Possibly, it’s an effect of adulthood? Maybe childhood shows engrave a deeper line in one’s memory?
You raise some really good questions and points, Jen. Growing up there were tons of fictional movies about Vietnam and WWII. We are still seeing movies about WWII. Why aren’t there fictional movies about 9/11? Because they won’t sell? Because they’re afraid of Islamophobia? Everyone is afraid of being canceled and money is more important than teaching this to our youth. We’ve obviously got it wrong as a country in this sense and it’s deeply flawed. Thanks for writing hard topics so clearly. I enjoy your writing.
Thanks, Shelley. You’ve inspired me to write a future post on fear of Islamophobia, which yes, I think must be at least part of the explanation.
Great, I will look forward to reading! And if you ever want to have an IRL discussion via Zoom about it, I’m interested too.
There have actually been a bunch of movies and documentaries over the years. I think there is generally more sensitivity to this event being a part of pop culture given it was on US soil.
https://www.today.com/today/amp/rcna170529
Going through the article’s list, there’s more documentary than fictionalization. Maybe that’s the felt difference? I do recall the Tom Hanks movie bc it was based on Foer’s book.
Thank you for the info. I guess I don’t know why the topic feels so “untouched” to me. Possibly, it’s an effect of adulthood? Maybe childhood shows engrave a deeper line in one’s memory?
So true. This day needs to be taught in our schools.