boys

It was this relationship — these two boys, total strangers now bound forever by one horrible deed — that was the initial inspiration for \”Levity.\”

In researching the movie, I spent time with a lot of people who had committed murder when they were kids. I met some through youth groups, others through church and community programs. Some I interviewed extensively, others I just followed around for a while. They were all different ages, yet each had in common that he was trying to come to terms with the consequences of what he\’d done. Some (those who believed in God) were trying on a spiritual level, others (those who didn\’t) on a secular level. For all of them it was a kind of obsession.