Parkland: Inside Building 12

The director turned what could have been an important documentary into exploitation at its worst. The gut-wrenching questions to the families and the survivors were absolutely shameful. The 20/20 hindsight and finger pointing clearly show where the director wanted this tripe to go. If you enjoy suffering and the blame game, watch this one. If you don't, watch something else. This film is terrible in every sense.

Seeing this was incredibly important, but so, so incredibly sad. I am so lucky to have never been through something so tragic and terrifying, and after the event I was scared our school (also in Florida) would be next. It's incredibly scary to think about and my heart goes to every victim who died that day, to the ones who never got to graduate like I did. To the students and faculty who will forever be traumatized by this event, my heart goes to them. Please just be aware of everything going around you and stay safe.

A documentary is, unlike a movie, where you get to meet the actual people who were involved in an incident and in the two hours that I watched, I felt that I was hearing from people whose lives were deeply changed as was mine, from just listening to them. I stand in awe of their bravery.

I don't know if I would go as far to call it truly exploitative or disrespectful, but it rides the line at a couple of points (Minn's interviewing style is sometimes a little aggressive though, considering some of the interviewees, for sure).

The other potential issue is the length and the repetition. It's technically not very competent, in terms of how it looks and is cut together, and does get by because of the content and some of the emotional stories recounted... and the fact that I think at its core, it's intentions are ultimately good.

Documentary is well done and I enjoyed as much as you can a documentary on such a horrific tragedy. However.... The interviewer conversing with the parents was too straightforward. He comes across as harsh and truly lacking in compassion.. kind of ruins the whole thing as I became distracted by my anger for this guy who I believe is the director, Charlie Minn.

Graphics at the beginning are very well done and as the dots change from green to yellow or blue, your heart really breaks because these are such senseless lives lost.

I wish they would have delved a little more into the shooters possible motivations and outcome.