Bowling for Columbine
Why do 11,000 people die in America each year? Talking heads yelling from every TV camera blame everything from Satan to video gaming. But are we that much different from different nations? What sets us apart? Just how have we become both the master and victim of such enormous amounts of violence? This is not just a film about gun control. It is actually a film about the fearful heart and spirit of the USA, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to own the right. Take a peek at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the house of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a teenaged woman by yet another six-year-old, Bowling for Columbine is a travel through America, through yesteryear, hoping to discover our quest for happiness is so riddled with violence.
Released: 2002-10-09
Genre:
Documentary