Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 American documentary written, directed by and starring Michael Moore, examining the causes of gun violence in the United States through the lens of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and the country's broader gun culture. The film combines interviews, archival footage and Moore's own confrontational on-camera style to argue that the roots of American gun violence lie less in weapon availability alone than in a wider culture of fear, a thesis that provoked substantial public debate on its release. Bowling for Columbine won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and is widely credited with helping popularize the modern politically engaged, director-as-narrator style of American documentary filmmaking.