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The Outsider

Play trailer 2:29 Poster for The Outsider Released Aug 20, 2021 1h 23m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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Michael Shulan was a struggling novelist who owned a storefront space in New York's trendy Soho neighborhood. The attacks on the World Trade Center changed his life forever. He turned his Spring Street space into a now famous crowdsourced photo exhibit called "Here Is New York." For five years, he was known as the world's leading expert on 9/11 photography. Then, the lifelong outsider was invited to be part of something big. Shulan was named the Creative Director of the National 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero. This is the story of his dream job and how it turned against him. His vision of an open, inclusive, participatory place for America to engage in the painful, personal story of 9/11 goes wrong. His role as creative leader turns into a daily battle to keep his vision alive.

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Ben Kenigsberg New York Times Arguments will continue over the propriety of transforming Ground Zero into a tourist attraction. But it's grotesque to turn that process into a monument to one man's professional advancement. Aug 19, 2021 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills In the end, The Outsider compels because any such huge undertaking (let alone one focused on victims of terrorism) is bound to attract clashing personalities and ideologies. Aug 24, 2021 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Maven's Nest Subtitled "The Battle To Build The 9/11 Museum", over 7 years of access to exhibit planning, narrowly focuses on Creative Director vs senior staff opinions, not outsiders. Rated: 6/10 Aug 20, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Michael Shulan was a struggling novelist who owned a storefront space in New York's trendy Soho neighborhood. The attacks on the World Trade Center changed his life forever. He turned his Spring Street space into a now famous crowdsourced photo exhibit called "Here Is New York." For five years, he was known as the world's leading expert on 9/11 photography. Then, the lifelong outsider was invited to be part of something big. Shulan was named the Creative Director of the National 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero. This is the story of his dream job and how it turned against him. His vision of an open, inclusive, participatory place for America to engage in the painful, personal story of 9/11 goes wrong. His role as creative leader turns into a daily battle to keep his vision alive.
Director
Pamela Yoder, Steven Rosenbaum
Producer
Pamela Yoder, Steven Rosenbaum
Screenwriter
Steven Rosenbaum, Bob Garfield
Distributor
Abramorama
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 20, 2021, Limited
Runtime
1h 23m