When Rick Boyko asked Jon Kamen of @radical.media to adapt Brotherhood, Ogilvy & Mather’s coffee-table book about the Fire Department of New York, into a documentary film, Kamen didn’t hesitate. “I said to Rick that I was thrilled to support the project, but it shouldn’t be about 9/11. It should be about brotherhood.”
The resulting movie, directed by Lilibet Foster, follows firefighters in three units beginning 15 months after 9/11. While that day is a constant presence—one unit has the roll-call board from 9/11 encased in plexiglass—the film touches on everything from who cleans the sink in the firehouse to the life-threatening travails firefighters face and the strong bonds they share.
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