This is an interesting site. They claim to bring the best nonfiction films to the web and promote viral web distribution through virtual movie theater widgets.
From SnagFilms:
SnagFilms announced its first annual September 11th Remembrance in Film, with a slate of five documentary films, featuring the critically acclaimed 7 Days in September.
In addition to 7 Days in September, the slate of films comprising the online Remembrance include: Afghanistan Revealed, Beyond Belief, Saint of 9/11, and We Are Family. Each of the five films illuminates the roots or results of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States. As with all of the more than 300 non-fiction films in SnagFilms’ library, each of these documentaries may be streamed for free online in their entirety, or “snagged” via a widget which can be embedded on a user’s website or social networking page. A special five-film “multiplex” widget will showcase all September 11th Remembrance in Film offerings, which are available for free, instantaneous viewing and without commercial interruption. Viewers will be encouraged to share their own memories and reflections on both www.snagfilms.com and www.indiewire.com.
Comprising footage culled from more than two-dozen filmmakers’ material produced on the day and immediate aftermath of September 11th, 2001, 7 Days in September has been called by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott “an almost unbearably powerful documentary.” Director Steven Rosenbaum wove together the journeys of 28 New Yorkers — each of whom recorded their most private experiences during the attacks on the World Trade Center, and the week that followed. The storytellers, included a postal worker, a college student, an artist, and Rosenbaum’s 11 year old son Max, who together captured the sorrow and solidarity of the 9/11 story.
Viewers of films presented by SnagFilms.com are encouraged to become “filmanthropists,” either by opening a new movie theater widget on their personal website or social networking page, or by contributing directly to a cause tied to the films they watch. Viewers who respond to the “support” button connected to any of the Remembrance films will be able to contribute funds to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. The National September 11th Memorial and Museum is the builder, programmer, and operator of the Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero.
SnagFilms CEO Rick Allen said, “The seventh anniversary of 9/11 is a solemn occasion. Bringing these remarkable films — each with a different perspective on these events — to an online audience is an affirmation of SnagFilms’ vision and value. September 11, 2001 was a milestone in the development of the Internet as a global communications hub, as millions of people turned to the Web for news, or to communicate with one another. It is fitting that we utilize the web to share these films as part of an overall effort to remember and reflect. SnagFilms is honored to feature the first online streaming of 7 Days in September, and proud to match our viewers’ contributions to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And we are happy to offer these films not only free to viewers, but also without commercial interruption during this remembrance week.”
7 Days In September Director Steve Rosenbaum said, “Each year, the granular details of September 11th become harder to recollect - and more essential that we keep connected to. By enabling an online audience to view our film through such an intimate medium, 7 Days In September will continue to reach audiences that need it most - individuals ready to touch those memories and those days. I’m honored to be included in SnagFilms’ first-ever September 11th Remembrance in Film. I’m tremendously grateful to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum, whose mission is to keep alive memories of what happened when the World Trade Center was attacked, and am so pleased that, through SnagFilms, viewers of 7 Days in September will have an easy means of contributing directly to this great institution.”
SnagFilms founder and chairman Ted Leonsis said, “One of the reasons we created SnagFilms was to bring to a wider audience high quality documentaries that can really have an impact. Offering a web audience a chance to see these powerful films, add their own reflections, and support the Memorial — all as a way of commemorating September 11th — is something we uniquely can and must do.”
The films will be available in their entirety, without commercial interruption, at both www.snagfilms.com and www.indiewire.com until September 12th, 2008.
In addition to 7 Days in September, the slate of films comprising the online Remembrance include: Afghanistan Revealed, Beyond Belief, Saint of 9/11, and We Are Family. Each of the five films illuminates the roots or results of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States. As with all of the more than 300 non-fiction films in SnagFilms’ library, each of these documentaries may be streamed for free online in their entirety, or “snagged” via a widget which can be embedded on a user’s website or social networking page. A special five-film “multiplex” widget will showcase all September 11th Remembrance in Film offerings, which are available for free, instantaneous viewing and without commercial interruption. Viewers will be encouraged to share their own memories and reflections on both www.snagfilms.com and www.indiewire.com.
Comprising footage culled from more than two-dozen filmmakers’ material produced on the day and immediate aftermath of September 11th, 2001, 7 Days in September has been called by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott “an almost unbearably powerful documentary.” Director Steven Rosenbaum wove together the journeys of 28 New Yorkers — each of whom recorded their most private experiences during the attacks on the World Trade Center, and the week that followed. The storytellers, included a postal worker, a college student, an artist, and Rosenbaum’s 11 year old son Max, who together captured the sorrow and solidarity of the 9/11 story.
Viewers of films presented by SnagFilms.com are encouraged to become “filmanthropists,” either by opening a new movie theater widget on their personal website or social networking page, or by contributing directly to a cause tied to the films they watch. Viewers who respond to the “support” button connected to any of the Remembrance films will be able to contribute funds to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. The National September 11th Memorial and Museum is the builder, programmer, and operator of the Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero.
SnagFilms CEO Rick Allen said, “The seventh anniversary of 9/11 is a solemn occasion. Bringing these remarkable films — each with a different perspective on these events — to an online audience is an affirmation of SnagFilms’ vision and value. September 11, 2001 was a milestone in the development of the Internet as a global communications hub, as millions of people turned to the Web for news, or to communicate with one another. It is fitting that we utilize the web to share these films as part of an overall effort to remember and reflect. SnagFilms is honored to feature the first online streaming of 7 Days in September, and proud to match our viewers’ contributions to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And we are happy to offer these films not only free to viewers, but also without commercial interruption during this remembrance week.”
7 Days In September Director Steve Rosenbaum said, “Each year, the granular details of September 11th become harder to recollect - and more essential that we keep connected to. By enabling an online audience to view our film through such an intimate medium, 7 Days In September will continue to reach audiences that need it most - individuals ready to touch those memories and those days. I’m honored to be included in SnagFilms’ first-ever September 11th Remembrance in Film. I’m tremendously grateful to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum, whose mission is to keep alive memories of what happened when the World Trade Center was attacked, and am so pleased that, through SnagFilms, viewers of 7 Days in September will have an easy means of contributing directly to this great institution.”
SnagFilms founder and chairman Ted Leonsis said, “One of the reasons we created SnagFilms was to bring to a wider audience high quality documentaries that can really have an impact. Offering a web audience a chance to see these powerful films, add their own reflections, and support the Memorial — all as a way of commemorating September 11th — is something we uniquely can and must do.”
The films will be available in their entirety, without commercial interruption, at both www.snagfilms.com and www.indiewire.com until September 12th, 2008.
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