Gun Nation

A sober, quietly disturbing look at ordinary people and their guns, leaving a lingering unease about a country's stubborn attachment.

Directed by

Zed Nelson

Genres

Documentary

Tagline

A revealing and unsettling journey to the heart of America’s deadly love affair with the gun.

Overview

In the 18 years since Zed Nelson’s seminal photography book Gun Nation was published, 500,000 Americans have been killed by firearms in the US and many more injured. Nelson returns to the people he met, photographs them again, and asks why America is a nation still with an insatiable appetite for firearms. Avoiding stereotypical images of gang members or extremists, Nelson focuses instead on another side of America’s gun culture: the mainly white middle classes who sell and purchase guns in vast numbers. […]

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Violence, death, identity, politics

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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