Case 219 is a 2010 American Drama film starring Evan Ross, Leven Rambin, and Taylor Nichols, and Harold Perrineau. The film was written and directed by James Bruce and is based on the Walter Dean Myers novel Shooter.

Case 219
Directed byJames Bruce
Written byJames Bruce
Produced byHarold Perrineau
Taylor Nichols
Christian Faber
James Bruce
StarringEvan Ross
Leven Rambin
Taylor Nichols
Melora Walters
Harold Perrineau
Release date
  • April 22, 2010 (2010-04-22) (Atlanta Film Festival)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Seventeen-year-old Leonard Grey (Brett Davern) went on a high school shooting rampage killing one student and injuring scores more before turning the gun on himself. Using documentary style interviews Case 219 examines the interconnected relationships among the shooter, his friends, their tormentors at school, and their parents. The film unfolds through the eyes of a Los Angeles Times journalist researching a story for the tenth anniversary of this tragedy and in watching the interviews we discover the reporters own shocking secret.

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Releases

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The film has been screened at seven different film festivals, premiering at the Atlanta Film Festival.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Case 219". Archived from the original on 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
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