Michael Shannon goes behind the camera to direct his auspicious first feature, "Eric LaRue," which receives its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Based on Brett Neveu's play, this topical drama depicts the impact of gun violence through the experiences of Janice (Judy Greer), who is "having a hard time." Her son Eric (Nation Sage Henrikson) is incarcerated for shooting and killing three of his classmates and she is trying to process the aftershocks.
"For me it's not so much why he did it, but where did he come from?"
