Valentine Road

The shooting of a 15-year-old Californian student by his classmate is the subject of this documentary. When Lawrence King publicly declared a crush on a male classmate, a tragic chain of events was set in motion that would expose community intolerance, school bullying and gun control issues.

In the weeks leading up to his death, Lawrence King experimented with gender identity, wearing makeup and high-heeled boots to school and publicly declaring his crush on 14-year-old Brandon McInerney – who, soon after, shot him twice in the back of the head at point blank range during computer class. Compounding the tragedy, some members of the community interviewed in Valentine Road lay the blame with King, rather than his killer.

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