Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 24. Chapters: Bowling for Columbine, Elephant, If...., Massacre at Central High, Evil, Light It Up, Zero Day, The Life Before Her Eyes, Class of 1984, April Showers, Bang Bang You're Dead, Duck! The Carbine High Massacre, Detention: The Siege at Johnson High, A Friend to Die For, The Class, The Principal, Ekskul, Once Upon a Time in High School, Home Room, Heart of America, Rats & Bullies: The Dawn-Marie Wesley Story, Crows Zero 2, American Yearbook. Excerpt: Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Michael Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns. Moore focuses on the background and environment in which the massacre took place and some common public opinions and assumptions about related issues. The film looks into the nature of violence in the United States. The film brought Moore international attention as a rising filmmaker and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, a special 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and the Cesar Award for Best Foreign Film. In Moore's discussions with various people - including South Park co-creator Matt Stone, the National Rifle Association's then-president Charlton Heston, and musician Marilyn Manson - he seeks to explain why the Columbine massacre occurred and why the United States has a high violent crime rate (especially crimes involving guns). The film title originates from the story that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold - the two students responsible for the Columbine High School massacre - attended a school bowling class early that morning, at 6:00 a.m., before they committed the...