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Marta Cunningham is an accomplished actor turned first-time filmmaker. A native of Northern California, she was so moved by the story of Larry’s murder that she became embedded in Oxnard and soon began filming those whose lives were touched by the tragedy. At the age of 14, Cunningham danced with the company at The Peninsula Ballet Theater.
Oct 3, 2013 · Marta Cunningham: I started filming in September 2008, which is 6–7 months after the shooting. It was the kids who brought me and who didn’t want me to leave when I would go up there. They ...
Oct 7, 2013 · Larry King, the 15 year-old boy who’s murder became the genesis for Marta Cunningham’s jaw-dropping, tear-jerking powerhouse investigative debut, Valentine Road, is memorialized through his loving illustration in the words of the many who loved him. With that in mind, the film stands firmly on the notion that neither murder nor the lengthy ...
Feb 6, 2014 · Fast forward five years and Marta Cunningham found herself at Sundance, premiering her debut feature as director and producer, “Valentine Road”. The film is a deftly woven chronicle of the ...
Nominated for two News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Marta Cunningham is an accomplished actor turned first time filmmaker. A native of Northern California, she was so moved by the story of Lawrence King’s murder that she became embedded in Oxnard and soon began filming those whose lives were touched by the tragedy.
Valentine Road. Valentine Road is a documentary film by director Marta Cunningham. In 2008 Cunningham read a Southern Poverty Law Center article about the murder of an openly gay non-conforming 15-year-old, Lawrence King. He was shot and killed in his middle school classroom by 14-year-old classmate Brandon McInerney.
Marta Cunningham is a native of Northern California and an Emmy Award-nominated director. Her feature length documentary “Valentine Road” participated in the U.S Documentary Competition in the ...
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