September Tapes

September Tapes is a faux-documentary feature film co-written and directed by Christian Johnston in his feature debut. An early review of the film's promotional trailer noted that the footage looked "more real than network news footage".^[1]

September Tapes
Directed by	Christian Johnston
Written by	Christian Van Gregg Christian Johnston
Produced by	Matthew Rhodes Wali Razaqi Christian Johnston George Calil Judd Payne (executive producer) Brent Henry Shawn Henry Kevin Loughery Jr. Don Sallee
Starring	George Calil Wali Razaqi Sunil Sadarangani
Narrated by	George Calil
Cinematography	Christian Johnston
Edited by	Darren Mann Jeffro Brunk Peter Finestone
Music by	Gunnard Doboze
Distributed by	First Look Pictures
Release date	September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24)
Running time	95 min.
Country	United States
Languages	English Persian

Distribution

The film was first presented at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004, where First Look Media acquired worldwide distribution rights.^[2] In May of the same year, it was featured at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film screened at many other film festivals, including: the Deauville American Film Festival, France; the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, Denmark; the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, Netherlands; and others.

The film is translated to "Septiembre Negro" ("Black September") for Spanish-language audiences.

See also

• Zero Dark Thirty