Crime and Justice, Education, Social Justice, Sundance Selection, Women + Director

Us Kids

A Fiscally Sponsored Project

Producers:

Lori Cheatle, Maria Cuomo Cole,

2020
98 minutes

In the wake of the February 14, 2018’s school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the worst school shooting since Newtown, MSD students ignite the largest student movement since the 60s to address gun violence in America and demand change.

Awards

  • 2020 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Jury Prize- Best Documentary Feature
  • 2021 Boulder International Film Festival Impact Film Award
  • 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival Best Documentary Feature
  • 2020 Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature

Honors

  • 2020 Sundance- Grand Jury Prize Nominee
  • 2020 Miami Film Festival Knight Documentary Achievement Award Nominee
  • 2020 Miami Film Festival Knight Made in MIA Feature Film Award
  • 2020 Bergen International Film Festival Checkpoints Award Nominee
  • 2020 Sarasota Film Festival Jury Prize Nominee