From director Sara Colangelo and writer/producer Max Borenstein, “Worth” tells the story of Kenneth Feinberg (played by Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton), who was appointed by Congress to oversee the U.S. government’s September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Actor Laura Benanti, 9/11 family member and activist Charles Wolf, and Feinberg’s colleague Camille Biros joins Colangelo, Borenstein, Feinberg, and Keaton in a lively discussion as they reflect upon the process of sharing this complex story 20 years after the attacks.
In recent years, the number of foreign terrorist attacks against the United States has decreased. Given this, Jeh Johnson, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and 9/11 Memorial & Museum trustee, asks our distinguished panelists to reflect upon whether Americans are really safer now, or has the threat changed? Secretary Johnson is joined by former Acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, former Congresswoman and now Director, President and CEO of the Wilson Center Jane Harman, Admiral William H.
Lawrence Wright, former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan and cast member Wrenn Schmidt discuss Hulu’s “The Looming Tower” series adapted from Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the rise of al-Qaeda and the rivalry between the FBI and CIA that may have undermined coordination to prevent the 9/11 attacks.