''September Tapes'' is a
faux-documentary feature film
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film (Film, motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole present ...
co-written and directed by Christian Johnston in his feature debut. An early review of the film's promotional trailer noted that the footage looked "more real than network news footage".
Distribution
The film was first presented at the
Sundance Film Festival
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The festival has acted ...
in January 2004, where First Look Media acquired worldwide distribution rights.
In May of the same year, it was featured at the
Cannes Film Festival
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Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
.
The film screened at many other film festivals, including: the
Deauville American Film Festival
The Deauville American Film Festival () is a yearly film festival devoted to Cinema of the United States, American cinema, which has taken place since 1975 in Deauville, France.
It was established by Lionel Chouchan, André Halimi, and then ...
, France; the
Copenhagen International Documentary Festival,
Denmark
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; the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival,
Netherlands
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; and others.
The film is translated to "Septiembre Negro" ("Black September") for
Spanish-language
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audiences.
See also
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Zero Dark Thirty
''Zero Dark Thirty'' is a 2012 American political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, the film ...
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References
External links
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''September Tapes'' at the Sundance film festival- From ''
The Economist
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'', Print Edition, January 29, 2004
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2004 films
2004 drama films
2004 thriller films
Films based on the September 11 attacks
Found footage films
American drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
Films produced by Matthew Rhodes
English-language thriller films
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