Under the Gun

Director: Stephanie Soechtig
Screenwriters: Brian Lazarte, Mark Monroe, Stephanie Soechtig

Institute History

  • 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Description

In the past few years, a drastic rise in mass shootings has ripped across the United States, compounding an epidemic of gun violence in our country. Despite a growing body count at the hands of guns, and the outpour of shock and outrage that comes with it, our nation has failed to respond with meaningful action. What is keeping the two sides of this debate—those favoring stricter gun control laws and Second Amendment purists like the NRA—from finding common ground?

Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and Katie Couric (the team behind the 2014 Sundance Film Festival hit Fed Up) join forces again to create a documentary that is scrupulously comprehensive and decidedly fair to both sides of one of the most polarizing issues that is tearing our country apart. Searing and powerful with never-before-seen footage of the shooting in Aurora, Under the Gun gives a human face to a crisis that is costing us in blood and scarring the conscience of a nation.

— David Courier

Screening Details

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