| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 40 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Kevin Breslin. |
| Performer |
Featuring Colin Goddard, Anne Goddard, Andy Goddard, Kristina Anderson, Omar Samaha, Paul Helmke, Gerald Schembri, Mary Ester, Jackie Rowe-Adams. |
| Summary |
On a snowy April day at Virginia Tech in 2007, 32 students and faculty were shot and killed by a lone gunman, 17 others were wounded, and six more were injured jumping out of windows. Through the personal story of survivor Colin Goddard, Living for 32 tells the tragic tale of one of the worst gun massacres in recent American history, along with Goddard's inspirational journey of renewal and hope. The then-21-year-old was shot four times and told he might never walk again. He lives today with three bullets still lodged in his body and a titanium rod in his left leg. Goddard revisits his former classroom for the first time in the film, and emotionally recounts the terror of that day. After recovering from his wounds and completing physical therapy, he made it his life's mission to help ensure that a tragedy like the Virginia Tech massacre would never happen again. The film couples footage of Goddard at Tech with several trips he made to gun shows across America. With the help of a hidden camera, he documents how easy it is for anyone to purchase a gun, with no ID or Brady background check, and just a handful of cash. Living for 32 vividly portrays the reality of the Virginia Tech shootings and raises important questions about the effectiveness of current gun laws and other efforts to curb gun violence in America. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Goddard, Colin.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University -- Students.
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Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007.
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School shootings -- Virginia -- Blacksburg.
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School violence -- Virginia -- Blacksburg.
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Gun control -- United States.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Breslin, Kevin, film director.
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Cole, Maria Cuomo, film producer.
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Goddard, Colin, interviewee (expression)
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Living for thirty-two |
| Music No. |
MWT12722222 |
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