Milano Center to Host Free Showing of Movie “Worth”, Guest Speaker Kenneth Feinberg
In remembrance and in honor of the anniversary of September 11th, the Milano Center will host a showing of the movie “Worth” on Thursday, September 1 from 1 p.m. — 3 p.m. The showing will be followed by a live virtual Question & Answer session with Kenneth Feinberg, attorney and author of What is Life Worth? The Inside Story of the 9/11 Fund and Its Effort to Compensate the Victims of September 11th. This event is free and open to the public.
“In remembrance of an overwhelmingly tragic day, the Milano Center wants to honor those who lost their lives in the events of September 11th,” said Stacey Minchello, Executive Director of the Melrose Council on Aging. “While this movie showing is an interactive learning program, our intention is to remember and reflect.”
“Worth”, which is the film adaptation of Feinberg’s What is Life Worth?, depicts the battles of cynicism, bureaucracy and politics faced by Feinberg as he tried to help the victims September 11 through the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. The film stars Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, ,Shunori Ramanathan, Amy Ryan, and Camille Biros, among others.
Community members are invited to attend this free event, but please be advised that this movie depicts actual footage of this day’s events and emotional encounters with families.
The Milano Center is located 201 West Foster St., Melrose.
About Kenneth Roy Feinberg
Kenneth Feinberg was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1967 and a J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law in 1970. He worked for five years as an administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and as a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney General. Before founding his own firm, The Feinberg Group (now the Law Offices of Kenneth Feinberg), in 1993, he was a founding partner at the Washington office of Kaye Scholer LLP. Feinberg is also an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, New York University School of Law, the University of Virginia School of Law and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by Congress to compensate families who lost a loved one on 9/11 and survivors who were physically injured in the attacks. Feinberg learned about the enduring power of family grief, love, fear, faith, frustration, and courage. Most importantly, he learned that no check, no matter how large, could make the families and victims of 9/11 whole again.
