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Movies, Films, and Plays about School Shootings
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What happened at Columbine High School has inspired many individuals to try to express their own feelings about the matter through writing and film. Below you can find a list of plays and movies that have been inspired or influenced by what happened the day of April 20, 1999. Eventually I'll get a list of books together too.
Movies/Plays inspired by school shootings:
Bang Bang You're Dead (official site)
Play inspired by the events at Jonesboro and Columbine, later turned into a movie. Play: (1999) Written by William Mastrosimone. Movie: (2002) Directed by Guy Ferland.
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (official site)
Tongue-in-cheek film inspired by the events at Columbine High. (2000) Directed by William Hellfire.
Elephant (official site)
School-shooting movie told from the point of view of someone the shooters let go before the killing starts. (2003) Directed by Gus Van Sant.
Zero Day (official site)
School shooting told in a 'Blair Witch Project' fashion, like a home movie. (2003) Directed by Ben Coccio.
Bowling for Columbine (my review)
Documentary/opinion regarding gun safety in America, with some references to and interviews with victims of the Columbine shootings as well as other school shootings. (2002) Directed by Michael Moore.
Dawn Anna
Biography of Dawn Anna Townsend, mother of victim Lauren. (2004) Directed by Less R. Howard.
Home Room
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Other movies of a similar theme:
If...
Led by the head student, a bunch of British boys have a bloody revolution against their school. (1968) Directed by Lindsay Anderson.
Basketball Diaries
Movie about a hard-luck teen boy with a stunning dream scene of his shooting up his high school class room. Was rumored to have inspired the Columbine shooters, though there's never been proof of this. (1995) Directed by Scott Kalvert.
Detention: The Siege at Johnson High
A former student takes revenge on his high school. (1997) Directed by Michael W. Watkins.
Light It Up
A group of misunderstood teens wind up taking their school hostage at gunpoint. (1999) Directed by Craig Bolotin.
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Television shows:
Degrassi: The Next Generation (2-part school shooting episode)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ep. Earshot
Pulled by the network before airing the week of April 20, 1999 because it had Buffy overhearing about a mass-murder plot being planned by fellow students. The episode was made before the Columbine shootings and was later (much later) aired, when things had calmed some.
Seven Days ep. For the Children
Pulled at the last minute (week of 4-20-1999) due to footage involving a hostage situation where some kids get shot.
Promised Land (school shooting ep.)
ER (Season Six)
Doctors struggle with school shooting trauma in one ep.
The Division ep. Zero Tolerance
Deals with a high school student shot. Makes a reference to the Columbine High shootings.
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