Her social media feed is filled with frustration and âprayersâ for families torn apart by yet another mass shooting as filmmaker Natalie Johns is engaged in the morning ritual of negotiating school attendance with her 4 year-old. Between laughing and arguing with their daughter, the Johns' think deeply about the prospect of waking up without herâdeeply enough to feel an inch of what it might be like to lose herâa feeling profound enough inspire her most personal commitment to date as a filmmaker. âGun violence should not be a normalized part of life in America,â she notes. "I felt it was worth putting my whole heart on the line to deliver this message.â
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