This World Surving Sandy Hook
International investigative documentary series. When Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and murdered 20 small children, many believed it was a tragedy that would change America's attitude to gun violence forever. Filmed by award-winning director Jezza Neumann, Surviving Sandy Hook follows three families involved in the shooting over two years as they try to make sense of the tragedy, comprehend America's complex relationship with guns and violence, and find a way to move on and rebuild their lives. Gilles Rousseau, whose daughter Lauren was a teacher murdered in the attack, has found his campaign for moderate reform met with implacable resistance from America's gun lobby. Scarlett Lewis, whose six-year-old son Jessie was killed, believes that the malaise in American society goes deeper than gun control and has begun a crusade to get a message of hope to some of the country's most deprived and violent fringes. This a deeply moving film about grief, hope, love and guns. Part of the award-winning This World strand.
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (Hover)
Sandy Hook families reach settlement in lawsuit against Remington, which manufactured the gun used in the 2012 school shooting. The civil court case in Connecticut alleged that the Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle was marketed to younger, at-risk males, with product placement in violent video games. Twenty first graders and six educators were killed in the attack. Source 5d.