I'm Not Ashamed
2016 · Directed by Brian Baugh
Original language: English
- drama
- crime
The story
Based on the journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.
What it’s like
Grounded, earnest drama shot in the everyday settings of a Colorado high school: lockers, cafeteria tables, suburban bedrooms and streets, with the unshowy, lightly lit feel of a faith-based production. The mood is heavy and reflective, built around journal-style inner voice and quiet moments of prayer, art, and loneliness rather than flashy technique. Pacing is measured, with long stretches of conversation and introspection that gather dread toward the inevitable. Emotionally it sits in sorrow and hope together, following a young woman's search for meaning while she navigates depression, bullying, and the pressure of being different. Intensity is serious: teenage despair, cruelty from peers, and a late, harrowing depiction of violence in a school, handled with restraint rather than gore, though the subject carries real weight. Best suited to viewers who want a sincere, faith-inflected story about young people and trauma, watched with time to sit with it afterward, and not for anyone looking for something gentle or light.
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