Dead Deer High

Dead Deer High is quietly powerful. It handles school shootings with care, showing grief, healing, and resilience. Zack Kozlow is heartbreaking as a teacher guiding his students through trauma, while Kyla Brown, Holden Goyette, and Christian Cruz show how poetry can help…

Codie 🏳️‍⚧️

Yoooo I’m in this😦

kylab321

First watch of the SXSW festival, a captivating and moving independent film that blends comedy and drama so well. The young cast really makes you feel back in high school again. The film takes very nuanced view on tragedy and grief and takes you to the long process…

gene9892

it takes a lot for a film to make me cry, and this one accomplished that multiple times. the acting, especially with Mr. K, was phenomenal. the poetry itself and the sheer emotion from the kids was part of what brought me to tears, mourning the loss of a bright mind that…

Van

4/9/26 at Capri as part of MSPIFF.

Collin Sandoe

I’ve just been crying all day now. Teenagers are so important.

stephanie

Every once in a while you stumble across a film crafted with so much heart, care, and passion, and this is one of them. A big shoutout to the cast and crew of Dead Deer High for telling such an impactful story and believing in the healing power of art (also thanks to the…

Jessica F

Moving performances, particularly of the high schoolers. The poetry was excellent. The cinematography avoiding the depiction of the guns/firearms worked sometimes, but not always. Written and directed by real teachers.

Alex Bohannon

SXSW 2026 #1: Starting the festival with a solid slam-poetry drama that revolves around an incident at a northwestern high school. The story weaves through the lives of several students and teachers as they grapple with those events from nearly a year before.  The slam…

Kreops