A new film by The Washington Post tells the story of a first-grader haunted by what she survived — and lost — on a school playground. Watch '12 seconds of gunfire':
” is a powerful virtual reality experience produced by The Washington Post that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April. It is based on anby 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist John Woodrow Cox. The story is illustrated in an immersive 360-degree film by award-winning animator Wesley Allsbrook from an original script and audio from The Post’s team.
The short film recounts what happened to Jacob Hall and Ava Olsen, who were first-graders at Townville Elementary School in South Carolina when a 14-year-old boy opened fire on their school playground at recess. Jacob was killed and the movie follows Ava as she struggles to deal with the aftermath of the shooting — from her friend’s funeral to the anguished letter she sends to President Donald Trump asking him to keep kids safe from guns.
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