Unhealed America.

A documentary + community-impact series

UnhealedAmerica.

The stories don’t end when the headlines fade.

A family-centered series about what gun violence leaves behind—and what families, communities, and institutions can do next.

Kenn Collier seated for his introduction to Unhealed America
Kenn Collier · HostA personal introduction to the series · Watch on Vimeo

Our purpose: To help heal America—one family, one story, and one honest conversation at a time.

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Healing starts with listening

Gun violence is a
public health crisis.

Its effects continue long after a shooting—through families, schools, neighborhoods, and generations. Unhealed America centers the families living with those effects. By making room for love, grief, truth, prevention, and solutions, the series works toward a larger purpose: helping America heal.

Remember the person.

Their personality. Their dreams. The love they gave. We let families tell us who their loved ones were, in their own words.

Make room for healing.

There’s no one way to grieve. We listen to what families carry, what helps them keep going, and where support is still needed.

Turn listening into action.

These conversations ask what families and communities need—and what we can do together to help stop gun violence.

People before headlines. Memory without spectacle. Healing that leads to action.

From a story to a shared next step

The film is the beginning of the conversation.

Each release can become a place for people to listen, remember, find support, and move toward meaningful action. That is how the series can live beyond the screen.

  1. 01

    Watch

    Experience a family’s story with the time, care, and humanity the headlines could not give it.

  2. 02

    Gather

    Bring the episode into a school, campus, workplace, faith community, or neighborhood screening.

  3. 03

    Connect

    Pair the screening with a facilitated conversation and trusted healing, grief, and violence-prevention resources.

  4. 04

    Act

    Help audiences identify a practical next step—support a family, strengthen prevention, or change how institutions respond.

Meet your host

Kenn
Collier

Host of Unhealed America | Father & Gun Violence Prevention Advocate

I’m Kenn Collier, and this work is personal. In 2017, my son’s mother was murdered on the morning of his 10th birthday. I watched him carry that loss as he grew up, and as his father, I did everything I could to help him heal. In January 2025, I lost him to gun violence too. He was just 17.

I know what violence can take from a family—and how that pain continues long after the headlines fade.

As the host of Unhealed America, I sit down with families to remember the people they love and talk honestly about life after loss. We make room for the grief, but also the love, the memories, and the moments that help us keep going.

I’ve spent years working with young people and families in my community. Through this series, I want people to feel less alone and bring us together around healing and solutions that can prevent another family from living through this pain.

For funders, sponsors & institutional partners

Help build the series—and what happens after people watch.

Unhealed America is an independent, nonpartisan documentary and community-impact project. The pilot is filmed, and the series is now seeking aligned partners who can help strengthen the storytelling, expand its reach, and turn each release into a useful public conversation.

Project brief, production information, and budget details are available for aligned partners.

What support makes possible

  • Thoughtful production and post-production
  • Care for participating families and accessibility
  • Additional filming, travel, and story development
  • Community screenings and facilitated conversations
  • Educational resources, outreach, and distribution
  • Learning and evaluation around audience impact

How partners can participate

Fund productionHost a screeningSupport healing resourcesJoin through education or researchExpand media and distribution

A commitment to care

Families are never treated as content.

The production is being built around trauma-aware practices, clear consent, privacy choices, dignity, and connection to support when appropriate.

Looking for a project with both story and public purpose?
Let’s talk about what an aligned partnership could make possible.

Start a partnership conversation

Turn connection into action

Choose how you want
to help this work grow.

I’m looking for funders, organizations, companies, schools, media partners, and community leaders who believe these conversations matter. Let’s build the right partnership around your goals and what families need.

Fund the work.

Support production, post-production, accessibility, outreach, and the impact work surrounding each release.

Host the experience.

Bring a future screening, facilitated conversation, or learning experience to your campus, workplace, or community.

Strengthen the network.

Connect the series to healing services, public health, education, research, media, or violence-prevention work.

Partnership inquiry

Tell us how you want to be involved.

Share what you have in mind. We’ll use your answers to understand the opportunity and follow up with the right conversation.

Behind every life lost is a story worth telling. When families are heard, America can begin to heal.

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