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DeKalb Elementary

DeKalb Elementary

2017Short⏱️ 21m
ShortDrama
⭐ 7.5
IMDB Rating
1,161 votes

Inspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.

Director
Reed Van Dyk
Writers
N/A
Stars
Tarra Riggs, Bo Mitchell, Shinelle Azoroh
Release Date
March 11, 2017
Language
English
Country
United States
πŸ† 11
Wins
🎯 5
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 9
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 1.3K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Tarra Riggs
Tarra Riggs
as Cassandra Rice
Bo Mitchell
Bo Mitchell
as Steven Hall
Shinelle Azoroh
Shinelle Azoroh
as 911 Dispacher
Del Hunter-White
Del Hunter-White
as Dee
Champagne Powell
Champagne Powell
as Devon
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Mylika Davis
as Mother
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Peyton R. Perrine III
as Darius
Levystein Lockett
Levystein Lockett
as Officer Williams
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Lou Justice Johnson
as Arresting Officer #1
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Jason Fracaro
as Arresting Officer #2

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Filming Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
UCLA

🏷️ Keywords

calling 911policeautomatic rifleelementary schoolempathy

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

a startling depiction of empathy, all based on the framing
by Quinoa1984 β€’ 2018-02-10
8/10

"We all know this story by now, where a white guy with mental issues goes into a school - usually, as it so horrifically and not always inexplicably, an elementary or middle school - and starts to shoot up the place. After Newtown, there's not much going back, but what's fascinating here is that this is based on an actual event that did happen at a school post Newtown and that somehow no one was hurt and got out fine. It may be too simple that we're just seeing these events more or less in real-time as they happened. What makes it significant, and what I assume is how it got so f..."

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πŸ“– Synopsis

Inspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.