NEW YORK DIARY
Producer/Director/Editor/Camera- Jay Corcoran

New York Diary presents one New Yorker's personal take on September 11 and its aftermath. How was the immediate, unintelligible horror of the attacks digested and domesticated in the daysand weeks that followed?

Harrowing images from the first thirty-six hours give way to the rituals of missing posters, makeshift memorials and patriotic displays. The unimaginable devastation of Ground Zero and the twenty-four hour a day removal of debris by truck and barge are juxtaposed with the growing parade of tourists seeking a connection to an event of world-historical importance through the most familiar and comfortable means: sign your name, get a snapshot, and take home a souvenir. The film asks disturbing questions about how the global electronic village assimilates and banalizes terror and mass murder.