The Outsider 2021 Michael Shulan was a struggling novelist and co owner of a storefront space in New Yorks trendy Soho neighborhood The attacks on the World Trade Center changed his life forever He and three friends turned his Spring Street space into a now famous crowdsourced photo exhibit called Here Is New York For five years, he was known as the worlds leading expert on 911 photography Then, the lifelong outsider was invited to be part of something big Shulan was named the Creative Director of the National 911 Museum at Ground Zero This is the story of his dream job and how it turned against him His vision of an open, inclusive, participatory place for America to engage in the painful, personal story of 911 goes wrong His role as creative leader turns into a daily battle to keep his vision alive