Review of Newtown (2016) by Taplinger — 13 Apr 2017

Were there justice in this debauched country of ours, this documentary would receive every award there is. Director Kim Snyder makes it clear that there is no justice in a country that would witness a massacre like this and then allow its elected officials to knuckle under to the NRA.

For the parents and siblings of the murdered, for the first responders, the shooting remains a forever-open wound. For this viewer at least, Washington's lack of response to prevent another massacre is a stream of salt poured directly into that open wound.

But I'm just going on about the implied politics of this amazing film. When you see "Newtown" you'll probably instead feel how powerfully Ms. Snyder has captured the unfairness of the universe.