Newtown
Jan 24 2016
•1h 25m
•Documentary
A look at how the community of Newtown, Connecticut came together in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.
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Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
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