From director Joshua Seftel comes a haunting and urgent documentary that confronts the soul of a nation in crisis. All The Empty Rooms is a visual meditation on absence, memory, and the invisible toll of America’s gun violence epidemic. The film follows veteran CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp over the course of a seven-year journey to document the untouched bedrooms of children killed in school shootings.
Breaking from his reputation for heartwarming human-interest stories, Hartman embarks on a deeply personal project—one his network never approved—driven by a need to do more than offer comforting closure. As gun violence claims more young lives than any other cause in America, these quiet bedrooms reveal truths more powerful than statistics ever could.
Screening followed by audience talkback with executive producer Conall Jones.