Sean Wilsey's IX XI and Silverstein Properties Video Series Mark 25th Anniversary of 9/11

Key facts

• Sean Wilsey's documentary IX XI premiered at Tribeca this summer and screened at Little Island's Glade, the venue's first-ever film screening.
• The film features interviews with 12 people, including Roz Chast, Griffin Dunne, and Nell Zink.
• Wilsey volunteered as a greeter at the Plaza Hotel ballroom after the attacks.
• The interview set was designed with Autie Carlisle inside a geodesic dome on Wilsey's garage roof, featuring a submerged mirror and slats recalling Minoru Yamasaki's WTC facade.
• IX XI collages interview footage with archival and cinematic material, compared to Christian Marclay's The Clock or Doors.
• Screenings are scheduled at various New York locations, including Ellie Rines Gallery on September 11 and 12 at 6 p.m., and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on September 19.
• Silverstein Properties, in partnership with Oprah Daily, produced 11 short video portraits of Lower Manhattan residents and workers, shown on the 80th floor of 3 WTC.
• The series title comes from Larry Silverstein's statement that New York will come back bigger and better than ever.