Newtown
2016- 2013 • Feature Film • ReleasedDocumentaryTwenty months after a horrific mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that took the lives of 20 elementary school children and six educators in 2012, the small New England town is a complex psychological tangle in the wake of yet another act of mass killing at the hands of a disturbed young gunman. The film provides access into the lives and homes of those who remain, all of whom have been indelibly changed by the events. Each person - be it a parent, school nurse, or state police officer - tries in their own way to make sense of their loss. Viewers bear witness to their profound grief, allowing it to reverberate within our collective conscience, exploring what happens to a community after it becomes the epicenter of a national discussion, and what is still left to cope with after the cameras leave.
Twenty months after a horrific mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that took the lives of 20 elementary school children and six educators in 2012, the small New England town is a complex psychological tangle in the wake of yet another act of mass killing at the hands of a disturbed young gunman. The film provides access into the lives and homes of those who remain, all of whom have been indelibly changed by the events. Each person - be it a parent, school nurse, or state police officer - tries in their own way to make sense of their loss. Viewers bear witness to their profound grief, allowing it to reverberate within our collective conscience, exploring what happens to a community after it becomes the epicenter of a national discussion, and what is still left to cope with after the cameras leave.
