April Showers (2009 film)

April Showers
Directed by Andrew Robinson
Produced by Jenna Edwards
April Wade
Written by Andrew Robinson
Starring Kelly Blatz
Daryl Sabara
Ellen Woglom
Illeana Douglas
Tom Arnold
Distributed by Indieflix
Release date(s) April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24)
Running time 94 minutes
Country United States
Language English

April Showers, written and directed by Andrew Robinson, is an American independent film inspired by the events that took place at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 and the days that followed.[1]

A look inside a tragedy through the eyes of a survivor. Based on actual events, April Showers is about picking up the pieces in the direct aftermath of school violence. Set in a middle class suburban neighborhood, April Showers focuses on the lives of a handful of teachers and students as they attempt to make sense of a world that has just been turned upside down by one of their own. With the community and an entire nation caught up in the 'story', the students of Jefferson High must turn to one another for answers. In the wake atrocity, the rifts caused by misinformation and a frenzied media prove difficult to overcome. Lost and lonely under the international spotlight, one young man navigates his way through his almost indiscernible home. From quaint suburban town to battlefield turned media circus, Jefferson High provides the backdrop for Sean's struggle to cope with the loss of his friend April.

Writer-director Andrew Robinson was a senior at Columbine High School during the shootings.

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This movie is based on the true story of Columbine High School, and other similar stories, such as the planned and attempted shooting in a small town in northern Illinois. Name of that town and those involved cannot be named because those involved were minors at the time.

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