Surviving Sandy Hook
Investigative documentary following three families involved in the Sandy Hook shooting, as they try to make sense of the tragedy and find a way to move on and rebuild their lives.
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.
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Scarlett and JT visit a prison
Duration: 03:36
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The families describe the events of that morning
Duration: 01:49
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Jezza Neumann |
Producer | Sarah Foudy |
Series Producer | Sarah Waldron |
Executive Producer | Sam Bagnall |
Executive Producer | Brian Woods |
Broadcasts
- Wed 4 Mar 2015 21:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Wed 4 Mar 2015 23:50大象传媒 Two Scotland
- Thu 12 Mar 2015 23:20大象传媒 Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Thu 12 Mar 2015 23:25大象传媒 Two Northern Ireland
- Thu 12 Mar 2015 23:50大象传媒 Two Scotland
- Wed 1 Apr 2015 00:20大象传媒 Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Wed 1 Apr 2015 00:50大象传媒 Two Northern Ireland & Scotland only
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