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Short Films by Mira Nair

11'09"01—September 11

12m

Directed by Mira Nair • 2002 • United States

Based on events surrounding the September 11, 2001, disappearance of Salman Hamdani, a young Pakistani American man from Queens, this film portrays his mother’s struggle with terrorist allegations, her own fears, and her son’s fate that day.

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