“Newtown” Screening with Producer Maria Cuomo Cole

Producer Maria Cuomo Cole will join us for a post-screening discussion.

There are no words of compassion or reassurance that can bring back the 20 children and six educators who lost their lives during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In Maria Cuomo Cole’s searing new film Newtown, we are given exclusive access into the homes of those who lost loved ones. They speak candidly about their grief, anger, and disbelief over what occurred and how nothing has changed in regards to our legal response to gun violence.

Maria Cuomo Cole

Maria Cuomo Cole is the award-winning producer of the feature documentary, NEWTOWN, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.  In her career, she has tackled such relevant subjects as gun violence, homelessness, veterans’ PTSD, Domestic Violence, and sexual assault.

Cuomo Cole’s 2011 documentary, LIVING FOR 32, about gun laws in America, was short listed for an Academy Award® and premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.  In collaboration with national communities of gun violence survivors, faith leaders, political leaders and nonprofits, the film has served as a catalyst for awareness and advocacy on the subject of federal and state legislative reform across the country.

Since 1992, she has led HELP USA, the national nonprofit leader in both homeless and permanent supportive service housing and employment programs for veterans, families and survivors of domestic violence.

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