A man who lost his son in the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, was arrested outside of a House hearing on the Second Amendment on Thursday. Manuel Oliver, as well as his wife Patricia Oliver, were ejected from the hearing after exchanging words with lawmakers prior to the arrest.
Freshman Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) posted a video of the arrest on social media. “Manny Is A Hero,” Frost wrote. “He didn’t deserve this. The Republican Chair of this committee just called him a narcissist. Disgraceful.”
Here is @manueloliver00 being...
Freshman Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) posted a video of the arrest on social media. “Manny Is A Hero,” Frost wrote. “He didn’t deserve this. The Republican Chair of this committee just called him a narcissist. Disgraceful.”
Here is @manueloliver00 being...
- 3/23/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
“It’s a shitty time of year.”
It’s a Friday in early December, and I ask Nelba Márquez-Greene how she’s doing. In roughly two weeks, it will be 10 years since her daughter, Ana, was killed at the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. She’s fending off interview requests from news producers casually asking if she’s available to tell their audience “a little about what that day … felt like.” She’s reeling from a cable news chyron that described a recent trip survivors of the 2021 high school shooting in Oxford,...
It’s a Friday in early December, and I ask Nelba Márquez-Greene how she’s doing. In roughly two weeks, it will be 10 years since her daughter, Ana, was killed at the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. She’s fending off interview requests from news producers casually asking if she’s available to tell their audience “a little about what that day … felt like.” She’s reeling from a cable news chyron that described a recent trip survivors of the 2021 high school shooting in Oxford,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
The father of a Parkland High School Shooting victim interrupted President Joe Biden’s Monday speech on gun control at the White House.
"We have to do more than that!"
Parkland father Manuel Oliver interrupts President Joe Biden's speech celebrating the passage of a bipartisan gun bill.
Biden: "Let me finish my comments… let him talk. Let him talk." pic.twitter.com/PaUqzTLW79
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 11, 2022
Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver, interrupted Biden’s remarks during a televised event celebrating the passage of modest gun reform legislation.
"We have to do more than that!"
Parkland father Manuel Oliver interrupts President Joe Biden's speech celebrating the passage of a bipartisan gun bill.
Biden: "Let me finish my comments… let him talk. Let him talk." pic.twitter.com/PaUqzTLW79
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 11, 2022
Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver, interrupted Biden’s remarks during a televised event celebrating the passage of modest gun reform legislation.
- 7/11/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
President Joe Biden today gave a speech marking the signing of a gun safety bill passed in the aftermath of recent mass shootings.
But even as lawmakers, gun reform advocates and victims’ families gathered on the South Law ceremony said that the new legislation would be meaningful, some also said it falls short of laws that were in place in the past, like an assault weapons ban, or even a ban on purchases of those firearms for those under 21. And some said it more loudly than others.
Biden’s speech was interrupted by Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Fl shootings. Oliver could be heard shouting, “I have been trying to tell you this, for years,” and Biden then said, “Let him talk. Let him talk.” Oliver, who founded the group Change the Ref and is calling for much greater measures, was then escorted away.
In his speech,...
But even as lawmakers, gun reform advocates and victims’ families gathered on the South Law ceremony said that the new legislation would be meaningful, some also said it falls short of laws that were in place in the past, like an assault weapons ban, or even a ban on purchases of those firearms for those under 21. And some said it more loudly than others.
Biden’s speech was interrupted by Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Fl shootings. Oliver could be heard shouting, “I have been trying to tell you this, for years,” and Biden then said, “Let him talk. Let him talk.” Oliver, who founded the group Change the Ref and is calling for much greater measures, was then escorted away.
In his speech,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Bentonville Film Festival set the lineup for its sixth edition Tuesday, with the festival co-founded by Geena Davis unveiling its spotlight and competition program of indie feature films, shorts and episodic titles.
The fest is set to run August 10-16 in the Arkansas city and is being engineered as a hybrid event because of coronavirus concerns, with digital screenings, panels and events to run alongside some on-the-ground premieres and conversations.
This year’s lineup includes four Spotlight pics including the U.S. premiere of Misbehaviour, starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, which tells the true story of protest and controversy at 1970 Miss World contest, and Parkland Rising, a documentary that looks at the students of Parkland, Fl, who started an international movement to call attention to the need for better gun laws.
As per usual, this year’s lineup focuses on underrepresented voices in film. Of the 68 titles, more...
The fest is set to run August 10-16 in the Arkansas city and is being engineered as a hybrid event because of coronavirus concerns, with digital screenings, panels and events to run alongside some on-the-ground premieres and conversations.
This year’s lineup includes four Spotlight pics including the U.S. premiere of Misbehaviour, starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, which tells the true story of protest and controversy at 1970 Miss World contest, and Parkland Rising, a documentary that looks at the students of Parkland, Fl, who started an international movement to call attention to the need for better gun laws.
As per usual, this year’s lineup focuses on underrepresented voices in film. Of the 68 titles, more...
- 7/22/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve seen Elisabeth Moss take on corporate male toxicity in Mad Men, a ghost of a man in The Invisible Man, Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale and punk rock in Her Smell. This weekend we’ll see her as a horror author who tries not to unravel as she goes through her creative process in the Josephine Decker-directed Shirley.
The film, which is adapted from Susan Scarf Merrell’s 2014 novel of the same name, bowed at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is based on the real-life horror author Shirley Jackson and her husband Stanley Hyman.
“We were not making a film that we ever thought, ‘Oh, we’re making a film about the real Shirley Jackson’,” Decker told Deadline at Sundance. “In fact, the script really meshed up a bunch of timelines in the real Shirley Jackson’s life, so it absolutely was a fiction.
The film, which is adapted from Susan Scarf Merrell’s 2014 novel of the same name, bowed at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is based on the real-life horror author Shirley Jackson and her husband Stanley Hyman.
“We were not making a film that we ever thought, ‘Oh, we’re making a film about the real Shirley Jackson’,” Decker told Deadline at Sundance. “In fact, the script really meshed up a bunch of timelines in the real Shirley Jackson’s life, so it absolutely was a fiction.
- 6/5/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Parkland Rising — the feature documentary from Cheryl Horner McDonough about a teen-led gun-reform movement following the Florida tragedy — is set for a series of premiere screening events to honor National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend.
Abramorama and Gigantic! Prods. announced today that the ABCinemaNOW national live-streaming premiere will take place June 2 (5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et), to coincide with National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Following its debut, executive producer Katie Couric will moderate a conversation with will.i.am, Manuel Oliver, Greg Kahn, Horner McDonough and Manju Bangalore. After that, an encore ...
Abramorama and Gigantic! Prods. announced today that the ABCinemaNOW national live-streaming premiere will take place June 2 (5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et), to coincide with National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Following its debut, executive producer Katie Couric will moderate a conversation with will.i.am, Manuel Oliver, Greg Kahn, Horner McDonough and Manju Bangalore. After that, an encore ...
- 5/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Parkland Rising — the feature documentary from Cheryl Horner McDonough about a teen-led gun-reform movement following the Florida tragedy — is set for a series of premiere screening events to honor National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend.
Abramorama and Gigantic! Prods. announced today that the ABCinemaNOW national live-streaming premiere will take place June 2 (5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et), to coincide with National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Following its debut, executive producer Katie Couric will moderate a conversation with will.i.am, Manuel Oliver, Greg Kahn, Horner McDonough and Manju Bangalore. After that, an encore ...
Abramorama and Gigantic! Prods. announced today that the ABCinemaNOW national live-streaming premiere will take place June 2 (5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et), to coincide with National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Following its debut, executive producer Katie Couric will moderate a conversation with will.i.am, Manuel Oliver, Greg Kahn, Horner McDonough and Manju Bangalore. After that, an encore ...
- 5/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Two years after the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, leaving 17 dead and 17 others wounded, the painful memories Parkland survivors take with them illustrate those affected by the tragedy are still experiencing residual trauma.
For instance, the mouth smell of gunpowder serves as a particular trigger.
“Dylan Kraemer, one of the kids [who survived the shooting], talks about how the smell is in his mouth and his nose,” Jeff Vespa, who directed the documentary “Voices of Parkland,” told Variety at the film’s premiere Wednesday at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, recalling the Parkland survivors’ stories he gathered in the days after the shooting.
“Just to say, ‘the smell is in my mouth.’ You get it. You understand what he’s talking about,” Vespa said. “That’s not something you think about. You never think, ‘What does it smell like in a school shooting?’”
Two survivors featured...
For instance, the mouth smell of gunpowder serves as a particular trigger.
“Dylan Kraemer, one of the kids [who survived the shooting], talks about how the smell is in his mouth and his nose,” Jeff Vespa, who directed the documentary “Voices of Parkland,” told Variety at the film’s premiere Wednesday at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, recalling the Parkland survivors’ stories he gathered in the days after the shooting.
“Just to say, ‘the smell is in my mouth.’ You get it. You understand what he’s talking about,” Vespa said. “That’s not something you think about. You never think, ‘What does it smell like in a school shooting?’”
Two survivors featured...
- 2/13/2020
- by Nicholas White
- Variety Film + TV
Amy Schumer, Greg Berlanti, Ben Platt, Rosie O’Donnell, Julianne Moore and Issa Rae are among the A-listers calling out major studios for donating to NRA-backed politicians. Over 100 actors, producers and industry creatives signed an open letter, urging Hollywood companies to end political contributions to candidates who take money from the NRA and vote against gun reform. It also calls for the companies to use political clout to actively lobby for gun reform, as well as support gun violence survivors.
The statement, crafted with the help of gun reform advocacy group Guns Down America, expresses concern about the epidemic of gun violence in the country. It also urges the entertainment industry to help build safer communities.
“Since the federal government has failed to pass reforms that raise the standard for gun ownership in America, our industry has a responsibility to act,” the letter reads. “We hope that you do.”
The...
The statement, crafted with the help of gun reform advocacy group Guns Down America, expresses concern about the epidemic of gun violence in the country. It also urges the entertainment industry to help build safer communities.
“Since the federal government has failed to pass reforms that raise the standard for gun ownership in America, our industry has a responsibility to act,” the letter reads. “We hope that you do.”
The...
- 1/30/2020
- by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman were already well versed in covering mass shootings around the country by the time they made it to Parkland, Florida. But in talking with the students and the families who had lived through the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting, they could tell the members of this community were ready to speak out about something more.
Taguchi and Lefferman are both producers on ABC’s “Nightline,” but for their documentary “After Parkland,” they go beyond the breaking news heartbreak and got intimate access to families at the center of the tragedy who were still there long after the other news crews had left.
“We’ve gone to these communities in those awful moments and maybe felt some guilt, as many in the media do, that you descend on a community, and you’re there, and then the story moves on, and the nation sort of forgets.
Taguchi and Lefferman are both producers on ABC’s “Nightline,” but for their documentary “After Parkland,” they go beyond the breaking news heartbreak and got intimate access to families at the center of the tragedy who were still there long after the other news crews had left.
“We’ve gone to these communities in those awful moments and maybe felt some guilt, as many in the media do, that you descend on a community, and you’re there, and then the story moves on, and the nation sort of forgets.
- 12/6/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In “After Parkland,” a documentary about the school shooting that took place on Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Florida, leaving 17 high-school students dead and injuring 17 others, there’s a scene set at the Trump White House that bristles with personal grief and political rage. It’s one week after the shooting, and several students who survived the massacre, along with the parents of those who were murdered, have been invited to attend a meeting with President Trump. The purpose of the meeting is to translate tragedy into legislative action, and Trump knows it. Early on, he says, “We’re going to be very strong on background checks.” Which, of course, is a scandalous lie, since within months it became clear that Trump, in full alliance with the NRA, had no intention of taking any action on background checks.
But you knew that already. What the footage in “After Parkland” reveals is a...
But you knew that already. What the footage in “After Parkland” reveals is a...
- 11/27/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
School shootings happen with such regularity in America now that they barely get reported, or if they are reported, they are swiftly forgotten.
That has not been the case with the Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which happened on Valentine’s Day of 2018, because some of the survivors — notably David Hogg and Emma González — led protests and put themselves forward to the media as the faces of a new generation who were not going to settle for “thoughts and prayers” for a day.
“After Parkland” is a documentary that follows several of the survivors of the shooting. Filmmakers Jake Lefferman and Emily Taguchi were given access to Hogg and his family, but González is only seen at a rally in Washington, D.C. where she reads out all 17 of the victim’s names. She says something personal about all of them before stopping and remaining silent for six minutes,...
That has not been the case with the Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which happened on Valentine’s Day of 2018, because some of the survivors — notably David Hogg and Emma González — led protests and put themselves forward to the media as the faces of a new generation who were not going to settle for “thoughts and prayers” for a day.
“After Parkland” is a documentary that follows several of the survivors of the shooting. Filmmakers Jake Lefferman and Emily Taguchi were given access to Hogg and his family, but González is only seen at a rally in Washington, D.C. where she reads out all 17 of the victim’s names. She says something personal about all of them before stopping and remaining silent for six minutes,...
- 11/27/2019
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
A spring release is planned for Alyssa Milano’s podcast Sorry Not Sorry.
The weekly podcast, according to Milano, will tackle social, political and cultural issues from the perspective of unapologetic guests while highlighting activists doing amazing things and grassroots efforts throughout the country. The podcast will focus on shaping narratives and changing hearts and minds to bridge the ideologies of a divided nation.
The podcast includes interviews with VP Joe Biden, Congressman Ro Khanna, Frances Fisher, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Congresswoman Jayapal, Manuel Oliver, and others. Future interviews include Stacey Abrams, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Terry Crews.
“I’m not sorry for using my voice. I’m not sorry for making people uncomfortable while being the voice for those who have been silenced,” explained Milano. “I am grateful for this opportunity to instigate empathy and conversation while highlighting the people leading change by service throughout our great country.
The weekly podcast, according to Milano, will tackle social, political and cultural issues from the perspective of unapologetic guests while highlighting activists doing amazing things and grassroots efforts throughout the country. The podcast will focus on shaping narratives and changing hearts and minds to bridge the ideologies of a divided nation.
The podcast includes interviews with VP Joe Biden, Congressman Ro Khanna, Frances Fisher, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Congresswoman Jayapal, Manuel Oliver, and others. Future interviews include Stacey Abrams, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Terry Crews.
“I’m not sorry for using my voice. I’m not sorry for making people uncomfortable while being the voice for those who have been silenced,” explained Milano. “I am grateful for this opportunity to instigate empathy and conversation while highlighting the people leading change by service throughout our great country.
- 3/28/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed during the Parkland school shooting in February 2018, has partnered with ChangeTheRef.org to release a powerful response to Louis C.K.’s controversial jokes about the tragedy. Shot in the form of a stand-up comedy routine, the clip finds Oliver making a point of how serious gun control needs to be taken and proving it’s a topic any American shouldn’t joke about, especially not C.K.
C.K. made headlines in December for a joke in which he referenced the Parkland tragedy. Speaking about the student survivors, C.K. said, “They testify in front of Congress, these kids. What are they doing? You’re young! You should be crazy! You should be unhinged! Not in a suit. You’re not interesting. Because you went to a high school where kids got shot? Why does that mean I have to listen to you?...
C.K. made headlines in December for a joke in which he referenced the Parkland tragedy. Speaking about the student survivors, C.K. said, “They testify in front of Congress, these kids. What are they doing? You’re young! You should be crazy! You should be unhinged! Not in a suit. You’re not interesting. Because you went to a high school where kids got shot? Why does that mean I have to listen to you?...
- 2/1/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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