Documentary Style
TopicalBowling for Columbine
Oscar-winning investigation into America's gun violence. Michael Moore asks why the U.S. has so many more gun deaths than other nations—a provocative and still-urgent question decades later.
Year
2003
Type
film
Runtime
120 min
Language
English
Director
Michael Moore
Genres
Summary
On April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School killed 12 classmates and a teacher. Michael Moore uses this tragedy to ask a bigger question: Why does the United States have so much more gun violence than other nations?
Moore travels across America and Canada investigating the roots of gun culture and violence. He interviews Marilyn Manson, who was blamed for inspiring the shooters, and confronts NRA president Charlton Heston. Through interviews, stunts, and archival footage, Moore examines America's culture of fear—how media and politics keep citizens perpetually afraid, and how that fear fuels violence.
An Oscar-winning documentary that sparked national conversation about guns, fear, and violence—a conversation that remains urgent and unresolved decades later.