One week after Sept. 11, San Francisco-based filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi asked 150 independent filmmakers to create a short film or video related to the events. More than 30 of these short works are collected in “Underground Zero: Filmmakers Respond to 9/11,” which studies the significance of the attacks through a variety of creative, personal and cultural lenses.
The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today at “My House,” 1136 W. Fifth Ave., between Polk Street and Blair Boulevard.
“My House” is the home of Marc Moscato, who has turned his abode into an all-ages venue for film and music. Moscato, an arts and administration graduate student, who co-organized the art festival Jamcon, presents this film as the first in a series of weekly films.
Rosenblatt and Zahedi are both Guggenheim Fellowship recipients and their films have screened on television and at festivals throughout the world. The 13 additional filmmakers, whose works are included in Underground Zero, are an accomplished group of media artists, veteran filmmakers and teachers from across the United States.
While the films don’t necessarily have a political agenda, all proceeds will go to charities that work toward world peace. The suggested donation is $3 to $5.
“The project was simply born to offer an alternative to what we’re being fed by the mass media,” Rosenblatt said.
For more information, Moscato can be reached at 344-4066 or by e-mail at [email protected].