A gripping short film that follows Denver Littleton (Alannah Ciera), a shy high school student hiding in a bathroom during a school shooting. Trapped amidst chaos, Denver discovers inner strength and redefines her identity, shedding light on the psychological impact of such incidents and the importance of support for the marginalized.
Three friends, two who have recently broken up, go take photos for their class, unaware of something sinister that is about to happen at their high school.
Devon Browning is viewed as an outcast and is a victim of physical and emotional abuse from his classmates. After a tragic death in his family, his life begins to fall off course. He eventually seeks revenge by bringing a gun to school and opening fire on his classmates. The film offers an unwavering look at violence in schools today by showing the causes, effects, and consequences of a school shooting.
Following a mass shooting, high schooler Leo returns to school, where he must face the fact that his brother was the shooter.
An intimate potrait of a mentally ill school boy suffering from demanding thoughts - illustrated in an one take drone mise en scène.
A short film about a girl named Zoe, and her mom. Dedicated to the victims and survivors of Columbine 1999, Santana High 2001, Red Lake 2005, Virginia Tech 2007, Sandy Hook 2012, Chardon 2012, Oikos 2012, Umpqua 2015, North Park 2017, Marjory Stoneman 2018...
There's this fantastic improv show on WNYC called "The Truth". Headed up by a chap named Jonathan Mitchell, these guys generate a story, usually dark and ironic, and then workshop the hell out of it with their ridiculously talented cast, then edit it down into something succinct and powerful. All of their pieces are worth a listen, but this one, called "That's Democracy", I knew at once would make a tremendous short film. Jon Bowden and I contacted TheTruth in New York, and managed to strong-arm them into letting us to turn their podcast into a film. And so here it is...
A documentary about the killing spree of Brenda Spencer, the 16-year-old schoolgirl who opened fire on a school playground in January 1979, killing two men and injuring eight children. Her only explanation of her actions was "I don't like Mondays". This incident was the first ever school shooting of its kind, and inspired the Boomtown Rats' number one hit song I Don't Like Mondays
Investigative documentary following three families involved in the Sandy Hook shooting, as they try to make sense of the tragedy and find a way to move on and rebuild their lives.
Have you ever wondered how your old schoolmates are? Perhaps the guy next to you, who is doing time in jail at the moment, still thinks you are his best and only friend. Perhaps your first crush might've been interested in you all these years but was too afraid to tell you that. Perhaps, if it were not too late already, the bullied one would've done everything differently.
In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”
A student makes a fateful decision during class.
The year’s most spectacular Live Action short films.
An abstract exploration of memory and loss.
The outsider Katrine survives a school shooting and is the only one to see who the shooter is. The hunt for the boy begins, and slowly Katrine realizes that she has more in common with him than any of her other classmates.
A high school student has a mental breakdown and brings a gun to class. A standoff against the police ensues.
A traumatized survivor of a school massacre falls in with a group of students celebrating graduation in a cold war bunker turned museum only to find themselves trapped inside with a relentless killer intent on teaching them one final lesson.
On May 18, 2018, Christian Riley Garcia was among the 10 who were shot and killed in the Santa Fe high school shooting. This film will examine the impact of his heroic actions and his families fight for healing in the wakes of their loss.
30,000 people die in the US each year by firearms. Collateral damage of an undeclared civil war, from which the arms industry has benefited for decades under German and European participation. Starting from the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, this documentary examines why we can't stop the arms madness.