A film Directed & Produced by Kim A. Snyder

Filmed over the course of nearly three years, the filmmakers use unique access and never before heard testimonies to tell a story of the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history on December 14, 2012. Newtown documents a traumatized community fractured by grief and driven toward a sense of purpose. Joining the ranks of a growing club to which no one wants to belong, the cast of characters interconnect to weave an intimate story of community resilience.

Kim A. Snyder is an award-winning filmmaker with over a dozen shorts and two feature documentaries. Her most recent previous film, Welcome to Shelbyville, about immigration in small town America where a new group of Muslim Somali refugees find themselves, was a recipient of a 2010 Gucci-Tribeca Documentary Fund grant, an official selection of the US State Department's 2010 American Documentary Showcase, and had its national broadcast on PBS's Independent Lens in 2011. Kim co-created the BeCause Foundation, directing and producing its first three short documentaries, Alone No Love, One Bridge to the Next, and Crossing Midnight, which have won numerous festival awards and been the catalyst for campaigns that have furthered the work of the social innovators they highlight. Kim also directed and produced the award-winning documentary feature I Remember Me, which was distributed by Zeitgeist Films. In 1994, Kim associate produced the Academy Award-winning short film Trevor, which became the cornerstone of The Trevor Project, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among gay youth. Kim graduated with a Masters in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and resides in New York City.