Film ReviewsDeKalb Elementary:
Feb 22, 2018 Anchorage Press
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DEKALB ELEMENTARY
Director: Reed Van Dyk
USA/20MINS/2017
[Moose with sunglasses]
To American audiences, this may be the most germane short fil of this year’s Oscar-nominated short live action films. Inspired by a 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia. Seventeen people were killed and more than 15 injured in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018. Following the incident, the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety reported that the total number of school shootings in the United States since the beginning of the year is 18 (about three per week). These numbers are contested, and analysis reveals that they can be broken down by which happened during school hours, or which resulted in no injuries, but no matter how you slice it, the real question is how many school shootings are too many shootings? DEKALB ELEMENTARY depicts a situation from the inside. The characters are complex and the acting superb. Dekalb Elementary is not to be missed!
Director: Reed Van Dyk
USA/20MINS/2017
[Moose with sunglasses]
To American audiences, this may be the most germane short fil of this year’s Oscar-nominated short live action films. Inspired by a 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia. Seventeen people were killed and more than 15 injured in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018. Following the incident, the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety reported that the total number of school shootings in the United States since the beginning of the year is 18 (about three per week). These numbers are contested, and analysis reveals that they can be broken down by which happened during school hours, or which resulted in no injuries, but no matter how you slice it, the real question is how many school shootings are too many shootings? DEKALB ELEMENTARY depicts a situation from the inside. The characters are complex and the acting superb. Dekalb Elementary is not to be missed!