#Gun Control
Trailer Watch: “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” in Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s Latest
“Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something,” says Gabby Giffords in a new trailer for Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s latest. “Gabby Giffords...
Betsy West and Julie Cohen Have a Gabby Giffords Doc in the Works
Betsy West and Julie Cohen have yet another documentary in the works. The pair released two in 2021, “Julia,” a portrait of culinary queen Julia Child, and “My Name Is Pauli...
Pick of the Day: “Us Kids”
Described by director Kim S. Snyder as “a coming-of-age story about a bunch of regular teenage kids who live their lives against the backdrop of this horrendous national issue of gun violence,”...
Trailer Watch: Gun Control Activists Fight for Change in Cheryl Horner McDonough’s “Parkland Rising”
“More people died at our school than died at Columbine. Think about that,” gun control activist and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting survivor David Hogg says in the...
Trailer Watch: 20 Years Later, Survivors Share Their Stories in “We Are Columbine”
April 20 will mark the 20th anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. Even though two decades have passed since Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 12...
Trailer Watch: A Drama Teacher & Her Class Help Heal Their School in “Song of Parkland”
“We were in the middle of rehearsal, the middle of a scene, and I heard some shots,” Marjory Stoneman Douglas High drama teacher Melody Herzfeld recalls about February 14, 2018 in the...
Trailer Watch: Director Kim Snyder Returns to Newtown for “Lessons from a School Shooting”
Father Bob Weiss’ church hosted the funerals of eight of the children who died during the Sandy Hook Massacre in December 2012. Like the rest of the Newtown, Connecticut community, he has been...
Parkland Drama Teacher Melody Herzfeld to Be Honored at Tony Awards
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama teacher Melody Herzfeld, who survived the February 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida, will receive an education award at the Tonys on June 10, The New York...
“Miss Sloane” to Make World Premiere at AFI Fest
Elizabeth Sloane is headed from Capitol Hill to Hollywood. “Miss Sloane,” a thriller centered on a lobbyist who faces off against the gun industry, will make its World Premiere at AFI Fest 2016,...
Trailer Watch: Jessica Chastain Puts Up a Fight in “Miss Sloane”
The best Actress Oscar Race continues to heat up. If the new trailer for “Miss Sloane” is any indication, Jessica Chastain will be joining the running as well. “Miss Sloane,” according to...
Jessica Chastain Joins the Oscar Race with Gun Control Drama “Miss Sloane”
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain is joining this year’s Oscar race. Variety reports that EuropaCorp and FilmNation have decided on “an awards-season release” of December 9 for...
Jessica Chastain to Fight for Gun Control in Redemptive Drama ‘Miss Sloane’
Jessica Chastain will star in the gun-control drama “Miss Sloane,” about a successful lobbyist who gives up her career in exchange for pursuing stricter and safer gun legislation. The title was...