The Woman Who Wasn't There (2012)

The Woman Who Wasn't There is a psychological thriller that goes inside the mind of history's most infamous 9/11 survivor.

Director:

Angelo J. Guglielmo Jr. (as Angelo Guglielmo)

Stars:

Tania Head, Elia Zedeno, Gerry Bogacz

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tania Head	...	Herself
Elia Zedeno	...	Herself
Gerry Bogacz	...	Himself
Brendan Chellis	...	Himself
Lori Mogol	...	Herself
Marian Fontana	...	Herself
Janice Cilento	...	Herself
Richard Zimbler	...	Himself
Marta Forn	...	Herself - Reporter
Alison Crowther	...	Herself
Linda Gormley	...	Herself
Amanda Ripley	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Bloomberg	...	Himself (archive footage)
Francisco Esteve Corbella	...	Himself - Tania Head's father (archive footage)
Rudy Giuliani	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Rudolph W. Giuliani)

Storyline

A psychological suspense thriller about The World Trade Center Survivors' Network and their former President, Tania Head. After meeting Director Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr., Head commissioned a documentary based on her work with the Survivors' Network. Filming began and the world's most famous 9/11 survivor told her story with spellbinding intensity. There was only one problem: Tania Head was never in the Twin Towers and her epic story of grief was a complete fabrication.

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Plot Keywords:

survivor | ground zero | post 9 11 | pathological liar | 9 11 | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 2012 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Der 11. September - Das Opfer, das keines war

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Meredith Vieira Productions,4235 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tanya Head stated that she was always approached by family members of the victims of 9/11 asking her about how their loved one died. Ms. Head stated she didn't want to tell them because "who wants to talk about body parts". Wanting to know the details of the death of a loved one is common in survivor's guilt.

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Connections

Features Good Morning America (1975)

User Reviews

The hijackers were not the only perpetrators of evil on 9/11

"The Woman Who Wasn't There" is a documentary about frustratingly evil woman. 'Tania Head' (she actually has many aliases--this is one of them) gained a lot of notoriety as a leader in the 9/11 survivor community. Often she was in the limelight--acting as a spokesperson for all the survivors of this terrorist attack. The reasons she rose to such notoriety are how compelling and chilling her story is as well as her deliberately insinuating herself into leadership positions in support organizations. The problem is that it turns out that she NEVER was at 9/11 during the attack...heck, it even appears that she wasn't even living in the US at the time!

To tell the story, the film mostly lets Tania and her friends and associates tell their stories. There isn't commentary nor is there really any attempt to explain why she perpetrated this vicious fraud. Personally, I like this about the film as too often people try to explain away bad behaviors--and there really is no need to try to understand or explain. What she did was awful...period. And the film does a good job of projecting this and showing the harm she did to the real victims.