Rupert Sanders directs short film on gun prevention

Press Trust of India  |  Los Angeles 

On the sixth anniversary of the Elementary that left 20 children and six educators dead, filmmaker has come up with a short film about gun prevention.

The two-minute movie, titled "Point of View", will release on Monday, reported Variety.

The story follows a high school student in the lead-up to a class election, chronicling the warning signs from a shooter who plans an attack on his peers.

The short is produced by Promise, a nonprofit based in Newtown, Connecticut, which lobbies for legislation to prevent school shootings and spreads awareness about gun

Sanders collaborated on the short with New York creative agency and

"After seeing the countless shootings that have happened across our country, not only in our schools but several spaces that should be deemed safe, I knew that I could no longer sit back and be complacent.

"As a father, I want to do my parent to ensure the safety of my children and the work of Promise is nothing short of amazing," Sanders said in a statement.

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First Published: Sat, December 08 2018. 11:50 IST