THE TENNESSEE 11

Documentary Feature Film  - 85 minutes - 2024

Directed by Rod Blackhurst

Produced by Amelia D’Entrone for Starts with Us

Edited by Brad Allgood

The Tennessee 11 documentary follows a group of ideologically diverse citizens in the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville as they try to find common ground on one of the country’s most divisive issues: gun rights and safety.

The film depicts how eleven strangers, despite their different positions on guns, were able to work together to develop solutions to gun violence, in a state that has the 11th highest firearm death rate in the nation. The citizens’ productivity and respect for one another is juxtaposed with the state legislature’s inability to make progress on the same issue, including a tense special session that took place while the film was being shot and resulted in little agreement on guns.

World Premiere, Nashville Film Festival 2024