Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Raising a School Shooter

Play trailer Poster for Raising a School Shooter 2021 1h 14m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 3 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Three parents share their stories. Jeff Williams is the father of Andy, who in 2001, then 15, shot and killed two classmates and wounded thirteen other students. Andy is serving 25-to-life in prison. Clarence Elliot's son Nicholas shot and killed his teacher and wounded another teacher in 1988 and is serving life in prison. Sue Klebold's son Dylan was one of the two teenagers behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999, one of the deadliest school shootings in history. Dylan ended the shooting by committing suicide. Through the deeply personal and honest stories they share with us, the film explores themes like guilt, denial, failure and responsibility, harassment, sorrow, friendship and love.

Critics Reviews

View More
Rachel Cooke New Statesman 07/07/2021
The message of their searching and ultimately profoundly moving documentary being not only that life must (and does) go on even after something unimaginably terrible has happened, but that human survival often depends on the humdrum. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International 05/03/2021
The sensitivity of approach is evident in the intimacy and access which the filmmakers earned from their subjects. Go to Full Review Musanna Ahmed Film Inquiry 05/15/2021
Raising a School Shooter is a forceful documentary, one that examines the profound trauma of parents whose children committed the unspeakable acts. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Raising a School Shooter

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Frida Barkfors

Director

Lasse Barkfors

Director

Sue Klebold

Actor

Jeff Williams

Actor

Clarence Elliot

Actor

Anne Köhncke

Producer
View All

Raising a School Shooter

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Three parents share their stories. Jeff Williams is the father of Andy, who in 2001, then 15, shot and killed two classmates and wounded thirteen other students. Andy is serving 25-to-life in prison. Clarence Elliot's son Nicholas shot and killed his teacher and wounded another teacher in 1988 and is serving life in prison. Sue Klebold's son Dylan was one of the two teenagers behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999, one of the deadliest school shootings in history. Dylan ended the shooting by committing suicide. Through the deeply personal and honest stories they share with us, the film explores themes like guilt, denial, failure and responsibility, harassment, sorrow, friendship and love.
Director
Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
Producer
Anne Köhncke
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 14m