Finn and the Bell
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
2022-23 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition2023 / Erica Heilman / Rumble Strip Podcast, USA
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
DESCRIPTION
Finn Rooney killed himself on January 3, 2020 in the afternoon after school. No one predicted it. There were no signs. All that can be said for sure is that there was a flash of high emotion that comes with youth, and there was a gun nearby, and bullets.
This isn't a story about suicide. It's a story about a boy called Finn who loved to fish and play baseball and write poetry and embroidery... and what happens to a small Vermont community as it staggers forward after an unspeakable tragedy.
This work was originally featured in the 2022-23 Third Coast Competition Showcase, a new way of celebrating Award-Winners, Finalists & Judges.
Full Credits
Erica Heilman (Producer), Tara Reese, Clare Dolan, Amelia Meath, Tobin Anderson (Special Thanks)
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Erica Heilman is the producer of Rumble Strip, an independently made podcast in East Calais, Vermont.
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