RESULTS.
RESULTS. ABOUT 80% OF YOU SAY NO.
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>> A PORTLAND FILMMAKER IS
CALLING ATTENTION TO A SIDE OF
GUN VIOLENCE WE BARELY HEAR
ABOUT, HER DOCUMENTARY PROFILES
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOT
SOMEONE IN SELF-DEFENSE, OR BY
ACCIDENT, THE LOOK AT THE
LASTING IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES
IS EMOTIONAL AND POWERFUL.
>> I WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT I
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED. AND I TOLD MYSELF EVERY DAY I
AM ALIVE.
AM ALIVE.
AM ALIVE. I AM ALIVE.
>> IT MADE US CLOSER.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE
DONE FOR ME.
>> THE WOMAN BEHIND THIS
PROJECT IS A GRADUATE OF
COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE A
SCHOOL SHOOTING HAPPENED BACK
IN 1999 AND TOOK THE LIFE OF
HER TEACHER DAVE SANDERS AND A
DOZEN STUDENTS WERE KILLED
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. HEIDI IS FOREVER IMPACTED I
WHAT SHE SEES IN THESE LIVES
AND SHE JOINS US WITH JUNE, OF
THE TRAUMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM
AND HEIDI, FIRST OF ALL IN A
VERY POWERFUL CLIP, IT TOUCHED
ON TWO OF THE FOUR STORIES YOU
TELL, WHAT WERE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THERE?
CIRCUMSTANCES THERE? >> THE YOUNG BOY TAYLOR WHEN HE
WAS EIGHT HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
AND KILLED HIS LITTLE FIVE-YEAR-
OLD BROTHER WHEN HE FOUND HIS
MOM'S GUN THAT SHE HAD NOT PUT
UP THAT ONE MORNING.
AND THEN KRISTIN HAD SURVIVED
IN AN ATTEMPT ON SUICIDE.
>> YOUR PART IN THIS, IT IS
TRAUMA INTERVENTION AND YOU TRY
TO GET PEOPLE EARLY ON, TO
REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THEIR
LIVES, IS THAT THE POINT OF
YOUR PROGRAM?
YOUR PROGRAM? >> THE POINT IS DEALING WITH
PEOPLE AFTER THE TRAUMA AND
GIVING THEM THE EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT
PEOPLE AFTER SOMETHING REALLY
BAD HAS HAPPENED, HOW DO WE
TAKE CARE OF THEM AND HELP THEM
PROCESS THROUGH?
PROCESS THROUGH? >> ARE THERE SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE THE ONES
WHO PULL THE TRIGGER AND MAYBE
RECOVERING VICTIMS OF GUNSHOT
VIOLENCE OR GUN VIOLENCE
WHETHER THEY WERE SHOT
THEMSELVES OR FAMILY MEMBER, DO
YOU FIND SIMILARITIES ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE TRIGGER?
>> EVERYBODY IS TRAUMATIZED BUT
THE THING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE IS
THIS IS PART OF A STORY WE
DON'T HERE, WE HEAR ABOUT THE
VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND IS
VERY TRAGIC ESPECIALLY COMING
AFTER THESE MASS SHOOTINGS THAT
JUST HAPPENED.
JUST HAPPENED. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE GUNS IN
THEIR HOMES AND THEY ARE BEING
USED EVERY DAY AND SUICIDES AND
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS, THEY ARE
TRAUMATIZED AND THEY ARE VERY
ALONE IN THE SITUATION.
THERE IS A MORAL INJURY THAT
HAPPENS, FOR EXAMPLE, KEVIN IN
THE FILM HE KILLED AN INTRUDER
THAT WAS IN HIS HOME AND IT WAS
JUSTIFIED SO HE WASN'T ARRESTED
BUT HE DEALS WITH THE IMPACT OF
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. HE
THAT. HE HAS TRAUMA AND HE HAS ALL
KINDS OF PARANOIA AND
NIGHTMARES BECAUSE OF IT.
>> CULTURALLY, SOMEWHAT SAY
SOME PEOPLE WOULD APPLAUD HIM
AND SAY YOU ARE A BRAVE MAN YOU
DID THE RIGHT THING AND STOOD
UP FOR YOURSELF AND DEFENDED
YOUR GROUND.
YOUR GROUND. DO YOU SEE THAT A LOT OF THESE
PEOPLE MAYBE DON'T FEEL THAT
SAME SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN
DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
>> YES HE TELLS A STORY THAT HE
HAS A NEIGHBOR WHO SAYS TO HIM
HEY KEVIN DID YOU KILL ANYBODY
TODAY?
TODAY?
TODAY? I
TODAY? I MEAN IT IS HARD.
>> JUNE, HOW AS A SOCIETY CAN
WE HELP WITH THE TRAUMA, THAT
THESE FOLKS ARE SUFFERING?
YOU RELY ON VOLUNTEERS, CORRECT?
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WE HAVE A GROUP GRADUATING
TONIGHT, 36 ADDING TO OUR GROUP
OF ABOUT 200 AND BASICALLY, WE
CAN'T STOP THE BAD THINGS FROM
HAPPENING, BUT WE CAN BE
PRESENT AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE
TELL THEIR STORY BECAUSE THEY
NEED TO BE HEARD.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO START A
STATEMENT WITH AT LEAST.
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SAY BUT
AT LEAST YOU ARE OKAY OR YOU
WEREN'T THERE.
WEREN'T THERE. WE ARE AFFECTED.
WE ARE HEARING THAT RIGHT NOW
FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE
REYNOLDS SCHOOL SHOOTING AND
NOW SEEING THIS ALL ON TV HOW
THEY ARE AFFECTED OR THE
CLACKAMAS TOWN CHITTER CENTER
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. AND WE NEED TO BE KIND AND
GENTLE AND KNOW HOW TO TAKE
CARE OF OURSELVES
>> A DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO TAKE-
UP, HOW DO PEOPLE SEE THIS
DOCUMENTARY?
DOCUMENTARY? AND WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO
TAKE AWAY FROM IT?
>> IT IS GOING TO BE RELEASED
ON SEPTEMBER 3 NATIONALLY ON
DIFFERENT PLATFORMS LIKE iTUNES
AND AMAZON AND A BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT PLATFORMS LIKE THAT.
IT WILL BE IN PORTLAND AT THE
END OF THE MONTH, AND A FILM
FESTIVAL, OREGON INDEPENDENT
FILM FESTIVAL.
FILM FESTIVAL. AND THEN OCTOBER 1 IN THE AREA,
IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE BEHIND
THE BULLET FILM.COM, PEOPLE CAN
FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.
>> THE TAKE AWAY FOR YOU?
IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WANT
PEOPLE TO REMEMBER?
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER
THAT THERE IS A BIGGER IMPACT
TO GUN VIOLENCE, THAN JUST THE
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. IT AFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE, ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN.
>> THANK YOU BOTH