"A Short Film About Before"
This is a story about America in the final hour before it would change forever. Two young lovers - one a Muslim college student and the other an employee at the World Trade Center - go about their mundane morning, unaware of the terror that awaits. Set to real FAA & NORAD transmissions.
Sameer Ishaq
Malik
Elizabeth Thiel
Diana
William Griskevich
Scotty
This is a story about America in the final hour before it would change forever. Two young lovers - one a Muslim college student and the other an employee at the World Trade Center - go about their mundane morning, unaware of the terror that awaits. Set to real FAA & NORAD transmissions.
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