Behind the Bullet

synopsis

Every year, almost 40,000 people are killed by guns in America. Each shooting devastates and forever changes the victim's family and friends. The new feature documentary, Behind the Bullet, explores a side of gun violence that's rarely talked about- the impact a shooting has on the shooter. The film answers the question, what does shooting and killing someone do to a person whose intentions are good. Each subject in the film tells the story of how the pull of a trigger, changed them emotionally, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. The complexity of each scenario plays out as they describe the conflicting emotions and moral injury that comes after a self-defense shooting, an accidental shooting or an unintentional shooting.

details

Documentary

director

Heidi Yewman

writer

To get the full Quicklook Films experience, uncheck "Enable on this Site" from Adblock Plus

synopsis

Every year, almost 40,000 people are killed by guns in America. Each shooting devastates and forever changes the victim's family and friends. The new feature documentary, Behind the Bullet, explores a side of gun violence that's rarely talked about- the impact a shooting has on the shooter. The film answers the question, what does shooting and killing someone do to a person whose intentions are good. Each subject in the film tells the story of how the pull of a trigger, changed them emotionally, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. The complexity of each scenario plays out as they describe the conflicting emotions and moral injury that comes after a self-defense shooting, an accidental shooting or an unintentional shooting.

details

Documentary

director

Heidi Yewman

writer