American Sons

What choices do we make when we’re young, alone and afraid? And what can we possibly do later, to heal the terrible wounds of our past?

For nearly thirty years, we’ve watched news stories linking bullying to horrific gun violence among America’s kids. AMERICAN SONS is a moving drama about one boy’s experience, and the life-long consequences for him and the people he touched. It is a universal story of guilt, rage, hope and the search for redemption.

American Sons reminds us that everyone, even the most timid victim, can himself become a victimizer, if given complete power over another person. It shows us how, in one fleeting moment, any of us might make a decision that would haunt us the rest of our lives.

 The film will convey the complexity of all its characters — none are completely “evil” or completely “good”. All wrestle in their own ways with the consequences of their choices.

The film will show how moments of joy break through even the darkest times in life. It will convey the power of love to awaken us to the preciousness of life. And the power of forgiveness, to heal both the person forgiven and the person who is forgiving.

Roger Stigliano