Jacob Campbell, 25, Screens 9/11 Film With Grandmother as Both Confront Footage of His Mother's Death
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 10
Jacob Campbell, 25, Screens 9/11 Film With Grandmother as Both Confront Footage of His Mother's Death
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 10
Summary
Sayville, N.Y., hosted a screening where Jacob Campbell, 25, and his grandmother Jeanne Maurer, 85, watched a 2011 9/11 documentary before his own film, “Those Left Behind.”
Campbell’s film traces his effort to know his mother, Jill, who was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, after he grew up in her childhood bedroom under his grandmother’s care.
Maurer, who had largely avoided graphic 9/11 footage for nearly 25 years, sat with her eyes shut and ears covered as the documentary showed the burning towers and witness accounts.
Campbell, by contrast, said he could not escape such images growing up online, underscoring how the attacks shaped both his grief and his decision to make the film.