Two years after the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, leaving 17 dead and 17 others wounded, the painful memories Parkland survivors take with them illustrate those affected by the tr…
at the film’s premiere Wednesday at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, recalling the Parkland survivors’ stories he gathered in the days after the shooting.
, mother of 16-year-old victim Carmen Schentrup — attended the premiere event and participated in a Q&A panel onstage after the screening, discussing memories of the fateful day., holding back tears, when asked about sharing her story publicly. “I’d rather stay busy and try to do what I can to help people understand that this can happen to anyone. It happened to our family. It happens every day to so many in America.
. “I definitely think that as a result of the movement we started and what happened in Parkland, the world is in a much better place. It really rose the awareness of the issue, and had a lot of people say, ‘Okay, I’m putting money behind the right people, and we’re going to change the world in this direction.’”
“Voices of Parkland” culls 35 voices of students, teachers, family and friends affected by the shooting, gathered by Vespa, an AFI Conservatory graduate who co-founded the photo agency Wireimage.
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