Georgetown University To Host Project Rebirth 9/11 Anniversary Symposium: 'Film and...

Georgetown University To Host Project Rebirth 9/11 Anniversary Symposium:
'Film and Understanding Our Common Bonds of Loss'

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- "Project Rebirth", a documentary film
project chronicling the strength of the human spirit coping with disaster in
the aftermath of 9/11, is pleased to announce that its partner, Georgetown
University, will host a two day-symposium marking the seventh anniversary of
the 9/11 attacks. On September 11, 2008, Project Rebirth will form the
centerpiece for panels organized by Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion,
Peace & World Affairs. On the evening of September 10, Georgetown's President
Jack DeGioia will host a screening of a 30 minute selection of Rebirth's film
for key Georgetown and Rebirth supporters, followed by a discussion and
question and answer session with Rebirth's Founder and Director Jim Whitaker
and President DeGioia, who sits on Rebirth's Board of Directors.
The two panels on September 11 will cover, "The Power of Film to Share
Universal Loss" and "Coping with Violent Loss, Our Common Bonds of Grief," and
will comprise leaders in global efforts to cope with and bridge the worst
results of inter-religious and inter-cultural divides. Further details
regarding the Berkley Center's symposium can be accessed at
http://141.161.5.130:3005/events/1413
If you are interested in attending any of the events, please contact Sara
Isaacs at (212)346-1482 or sara.isaacs@projectrebirth.org.
Project Rebirth's Founder and Director Jim Whitaker commented, "My team's
work is focused on creating our documentary film about the efforts of the
people and community of New York to cope after 9/11. Our documentary film
will be released in 2010, and we will continue to film the rebuild of the
World Trade Center site until it is complete. Rebirth's resources are focused
sharply on completing our long term commitment to telling the stories of our
subjects and their community, and capturing living history before it is lost.
Thus I am particularly grateful to our partners at Georgetown for applying our
film and film archives for powerful programs like the Berkley symposium that
align with and complement Rebirth's mission to honor and remember 9/11."
About Project Rebirth
Project Rebirth is a chronicle of the strength of the human spirit coping
with disaster: the aftermath of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center.
As a feature-length documentary combining time-lapse photography with intimate
stories of ten people coping post 9/11, it is recording the minute-by-minute
redevelopment of the WTC site and represents the first long term film record
of ten people dealing with grief and trauma. Proceeds from the "Project
Rebirth" documentary will be reinvested to endow a Project Rebirth Center for
victims of and first responders to events of traumatic loss. The Project
Rebirth Center will meet an urgent need to improve the specialized care and
support needed during and after major disasters.
Project Rebirth is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported by the
generous contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations.
To learn more about how you can support our film and philanthropic efforts
to honor those who suffered through 9/11 and those who sacrificed -- and the
many who continue to serve in response to 9/11 -- please visit
www.projectrebirth.org.
Media Contact: Kimberly Solarz
Taylor Rafferty
Phone: 212-889-4350

SOURCE Project Rebirth

Kimberly Solarz of Taylor Rafferty, +1-212-889-4350, for Project Rebirth