Trigger Happy

Indie filmmaker Julian West trains his satirical eye on America’s obsession with guns and violence in this politically astute film set in liberal New York City. Propelled forward by a narrative punctuated with biting facts about gun control in America, this clever plot follows the path of an illegal firearm as it mingles its way into the lives and homes of 22 hilarious New Yorkers. Selling the guns is an aging hipster who peddles the illegal firearms from the back of his vintage clothing shop. Once in private, we observe the way the many characters interact with this powerful object. While some become immediately empowered by the handgun, wielding it around like they’re a character in a video game, others remain befuddled, struggling to determine their feelings towards this incendiary and dangerous object. From IFC Films, this inciteful indie is both disarmingly funny and alarmingly provocative.