This film was first shown at last year's Toronto International Film Festival to mixed reviews, to include the observations by some that it expresses anti-American views. "Anti" implies hate and while it does not express that the film is sometimes critical of US foreign policy, yet it is consistently sympathetic and supportive of the victims.

Unlike a traditional motion picture that tells a story from the viewpoint of a single director, this film incorporates the work of 11 "top of their game directors" from around the world, in which each contributes a short film of exactly 11 minutes, 11 seconds, and one frame. Each director had complete artistic control over every aspect of his or her film, other than its length. As expected, the feelings and the method and style of expression varies considerably.

The films generally fall into three categories: enlightening/provocative, unsure of what they are really saying, or somewhat silly. Three of the shorts that carry the movie are by Ken Loach (United Kingdom, "Sweet Sixteen"), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Mexico, "21 Grams") and Mira Nair (India, "Monsoon Wedding"). Loach contrasts the attacks of 2001 with the American backed Chilean coup of an elected head of state, ironically also on a Tuesday, September 11, but 30 years ago in 1973. Inarritu captures the thoughts of victims who knew they were going to die with a screen that is dark half of the time. Nair shows the feelings of a New York City Muslim family whose son went from being a suspected terrorist to a hero.

Other segments deal with ghosts, or young children in the hinterlands trying to imagine the size of the World Trade Center, as their teacher describes it. And a couple tries to figure if they should make up or break up; the woman is deaf and lives near the WTC, and her lover does tours of the facility.

We felt the strongest jab at the US Government and the American mindset was the implication that events which occur in places like Chile, Israel and Africa are not considered as important to Americans as we'd like for citizens of those countries to feel about what has happened to us. The film does an outstanding job in showing how the world looks at us. We see whatever image each of us perceives when we look in the mirror but it's good to know what others see when they are looking at us. Some of our enemies today at one time were our friends. Food for thought.