American Tragedy 25
American Tragedy 25
- Time 1 hr 21 Min
- 30 May 2024
Sue Klebold attempts to reconcile how the son she affectionately referred to as “Sunshine Boy” became a school shooter. “If love could have stopped Columbine,” she says, “Columbine would never have happened.”
Synopsis
April 20, 1999 was a day that changed the world. Columbine High School was under attack by two of its own students: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. It has taken Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, twenty years to reconcile how the son she thought she knew, the son she loved, the son she affectionately referred to as “Sunshine Boy” could willingly and knowingly be a school shooter. “If love could have stopped Columbine,” she says, “Columbine would never have happened.”
Discussions around stopping mass shootings are usually bifurcated by politics: Gun control on the left and Mental health on the right. But the issues inform each other. This moving story of a mother coming to terms with her own son gives us all a unique chance to step back and then step forward.
- “I was transfixed. I couldn’t believe 80 minutes went by. It’s excellent and so important.”
- “Incredibly Powerful.”
- “Transformative.”
- "A painful but necessary story to understand if we are to move forward as a nation..."
Watch The original on Amazon Prime
The original film reached top 10 on Prime and is now on many platforms including YouTube.
