In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter from a fellow priest in Dunblane, Scotland, whose community suffered an eerily similar fate in 1996. From across the Atlantic, the two priests forge a poignant bond through the shared experience of trauma and healing.
Writing
Letter-based structure avoids exploitation while honoring specificity.
Direction
Snyder lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Kim A. Snyder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1996 Dunblane massacre directly led to the UK's Firearms Act 1997, banning private handgun ownership—making this one of few school shootings with legislative aftermath.
Kim A. Snyder also directed 'Newtown' (2016); this short functions as a coda about cross-border grief that her feature couldn't fully explore.
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