NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As tensions rose between Tennessee lawmakers during the special session on public safety in Aug. 2023, resulting in little legislative action, a group of bipartisan strangers worked together to find common ground on gun rights and safety.
A new documentary, The Tennessee 11 , follows 11 community members with views across the political spectrum who worked to find common ground on gun rights and safety while lawmakers met for a special legislative session on public safety in 2023.
The documentary has been selected to premier at the Nashville Film Festival on Sept. 21 and the International Black Film Festival Oct. 3.
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The group called the Tennessee 11 , formed by the Builders Movement , a nonprofit that works to overcome toxic polarization and extremist thinking, is made up of pastors, educators, community advocates, a firearms instructor, a veteran, a former law enforcement officer, a student, a public safety official, and a licensed family and marriage therapist, all with varying views on gun rights and safety.