![]() RS: I went on campus and talked to the teachers. RS: One of the things that was surprising for me at the school. And the kids that are kind of on the outskirts of the story, really we had them talking about their experiences that day. MC: I think the two children that take us through the story are Marina and Mariah, and they were witnesses to the actual crime. RS: For me, the hardest part about doing the story with kids so young was separating what they had heard from friends versus what they had witnessed themselves. Someone said I need to get it to Eddie Schmidt, because he will really love this story. Then we had fundraisers and put together a sizzle reel. RS: How did you pay for it? Did you finance it yourself? ![]() So I was really comfortable in that regard of what a director’s job is and what a producer needs to do. I had been an actor for probably 15 years. I hired the right people and did a ton of research. I started talking to the kids, and I sat in hearings and I realized this was a documentary and not a short narrative film. Marta Cunningham: I first started off with the idea of doing a short film about the incident itself. I remember receiving a voicemail from you in 2008, after you had read my article in Newsweek. Ramin Setoodeh: I wanted to have a conversation because this story has been important to both of us for a long time. She spoke to me about the Oxnard murder earlier this week. Still, she hopes other classrooms will show her film as an educational tool. She interviewed some of King’s friends and McInerney’s family, but she wasn’t able to get inside the school or talk to the district superintendent, Jerry Dannenberg. Dawn Boldrin, the teacher who had both boys in English class that day, and had previously given Larry a green dress as a present, eventually left her job.įirst-time director Marta Cunningham spent four years working on “Valentine Road” and collected 350 hours of footage. At the time of his death, King was living in a group home after he had been removed from his adopted parent’s care. ![]() Both King and McInernary came from troubled childhoods and they often acted out at school. ![]()
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