I could see him through the crack of my desk. I could see him from the knees down. Then we went into my supply closet for about 3 and a half hours. We were so afraid to come out.
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“Its sentiments are clear, underscored with heartache eloquently expressed.”
“Newtown refutes hopelessness, making its case less with words than with faces it’s impossible to forget.”
“You won’t truly understand gun violence until you see the Newtown documentary.”
“Why is this story important to tell?
It is transforming in ways you can never anticipate,
and there is an immediate human desire to protect the rest of the world
from having to go through this.”
It is transforming in ways you can never anticipate,
and there is an immediate human desire to protect the rest of the world
from having to go through this.”
– David Wheeler, father of Ben Wheeler
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“You can only imagine how difficult that is to try to interpret
what your 7-year-old experienced
as he was being murdered by a gunman in his first grade classroom.”
what your 7-year-old experienced
as he was being murdered by a gunman in his first grade classroom.”
– Mark Barden, father of Daniel Barden
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“While I fear the empty space in my heart may never be filled,
I take comfort in the knowledge that his death will have meaning.
There will be a positive change from this and we will be part of it.
Newtown, will be part of it.”
I take comfort in the knowledge that his death will have meaning.
There will be a positive change from this and we will be part of it.
Newtown, will be part of it.”
– Nicole Hockley, mother of Dylan Hockley
IN THE NEWS
“Newtown is an act of
memorialization, a demand that
this most distractible of countries
look close and continue to care.”
“Through Snyder’s lens, you see a town realizing it has a chance to be the one that finally says “enough is enough.”
“Elegantly and devastatingly captures the tenor of a town that will carry these scars for a generation. Snyder’s film deserves to be seen.”
“Newtown emerges as a blistering,
if tacit, indictment of the
nation’s broken promise
to never forget.”
“Snyder uses her camera as a friendly ear and as an eye to bear witness. It’s a shocking and compelling piece of work.”
“It is a visceral, powerful experience. You will cry. It is worth it.”
“Powerful and illuminating.”
“Aims to “tell a story of collective grief” and how communities piece themselves back together after.”
“Legislative questions are not addressed, and even the killer’s name is not mentioned. Instead, viewers are given wrenching access to a place that more than three years later continues to grapple with an attack that claimed the lives of 26 victims, many of them small children.”
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