In Our Son's Name - Trailer

The comfortable life of Phyllis and Orlando Rodríguez is shattered when their son, Greg, is killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Overwhelmed by grief, the couple rejects violent retaliation that will take more innocent lives. Instead, they come to terms with Greg's murder through acts of reconciliation. Their odyssey tests the strength of their convictions as they speak out against war in Afghanistan and Iraq, oppose the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui, who pleads guilty of conspiracy in the attack, and befriend his mother, Aïcha el-Wafi. Their transformational search for healing takes a surprising turn as they reach out to convicted felons who themselves seek reconciliation and redemption. As the tenth anniversary of the attack approaches, Phyllis and Orlando again speak out, against anti-Muslim actions and rhetoric that surface around the proposed construction of Park51, an Islamic community center near Ground Zero. This time they reach out to Talat Hamdani, a Muslim whose son, a New York City police cadet, was killed in the 9/11 attack. Unexpectedly, Aïcha el-Wafi joins them. Filmed in HDV, the hour-long documentary will inter-cut verité footage and on-camera interviews with mixed media animation of family photographs and news reports of 9/11, Moussaoui's trial, and the Park51 controversy to tell a powerful story that challenges conventional concepts of responding to violence.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• 9/11
• Phyllis
• Rodriguez
• Orlando
• forgiveness
• in
• Our
• Son's
• Name
• reconciliation
• peace

[110yaali]

beautiful.....inspiring ....when ego fills our mind and body with anger, revenge, .....looking into heart , vibrate love .....and letting divine spirit be your guidance, your voice and your action ......is what I call recognition of who we are. I hope for a day that we all come to that point ......I can see the boys, come in to the world one as a murderer , one as a victim .....to remind the parents , their mission in life. God bless you.