- Maria (Alaina Kalanj) a talented emerging artist is forced to relive the high school shooting she witnessed and photographed ten years earlier by an invitation to her 10-year reunion.
- The story of Maria (Alaina Kalanj) a talented emerging artist who is forced to relive the high school shooting she witnessed ten years earlier. Maria is torn between her agent, Ryan (Elizabeth Rothan), and her lover Blake (David Andriole). Ryan insists that Maria forget the past and move on with her career while Blake pushes her to deal with the past and attend her high school reunion.—Anonymous
- STANDING STILL (2001) Director: Melina McKinnon Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min Maria (Alaina Kalanj) a talented emerging artist is forced to relive the high school shooting she witnessed and photographed ten years earlier by an invitation to her 10-year reunion. Those photographs propelled her into national prominence and set up her future. Ryan, her agent (Elizabeth Rothan), and her partner Blake (David Andriole) debate whether it is best to put the past behind you or deal with it head-on. As she prepares for both an exhibit of her work and the impending high school reunion, her friends and long blocked memories reach out to her. She is haunted by the loss of her friend and the knowledge that when the high school shooter(Ash Christian) reached out to her that day, she rejected him. These photos of this life-changing day created the path toward her future as a TV journalist and eventually an artist. She recalls filming the pep rally that day and the joy she and her friends felt. Everything changed in a split second, for the entire school and her life forever. The film was written and directed by Melina McKinnon Cain and based on the horrific Columbine mass shootings and its aftermath. Melina born in South Africa, an immigrant to America as a child whose parents sought to leave during the tail end of Apartheid and build a better life in the US.—MDC
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