TORONTO – Blue Ant Media production company Saloon Media has begun production on a new feature length documentary about a unique group of Americans: the 16 children from a Florida elementary school who were with President George W. Bush on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Commissioned by the CBC's documentary Channel, 9/11 Kids (1×78’; 4K and HD) includes the actual footage of a group of second graders reading My Pet Goat to the President when all of a sudden White House Chief of Staff Andy Card hurries over and whispers to Bush: “America is under attack.” Never before in history has the President been caught on camera at the exact moment he learns of something so momentous.
The film tracks down the kids today to find out what’s happened since. They are all in their mid-20s, trying to find their footing in a country and world that changed so much after 9/11. Their stories are narratively rich and diverse: some have been remarkably successful, while others have fallen on hard times and the film follows their struggle to overcome shocking personal tragedies.
“This film is about the 9/11 Generation and the American Dream,” said documentary Channel’s Jordana Ross, in the news release. “These children’s lives, like the country, were on one trajectory when they woke up that morning and by 9 am everything had changed. 9/11 Kids provides a window into some of the most vital themes of the American experience: the spirit to succeed, issues of race and inequality, the state of public education and the impact of a national tragedy on the American psyche.”
Blue Ant International will showcase the film at Realscreen 2019, now available for pre-sale opportunities outside of Canada. Delivery is scheduled for August 2019.
