The Rupture

<p style=text-align: justify;>The Rupture is about the crazy times we live in: current history. As well it is<br />about the tenth anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre and the<br />gruesome carnage that is being planned in celebration of that incident; what<br />was then the unimaginable mass murder which occurred on April 20 1999.<br />In this respect it is also about the making of a monster.</p><p style=text-align: justify;>The story follows the lives of two families the Mendez and the Phylers<br />from 1957 through 2009. Over the course of these 52 years their lives will<br />occasionally intersect as they experience the progression of American culture<br />from differing perspectives. They will witness 1950s affluence the Free<br />Speech Movement the Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations the<br />Civil Rights Movement Wars and war protests 9-11 Gay Rights the struggle<br />for Gender equality space exploration and unimaginable technological<br />advancements love and hate and the perils of those fluctuating tides and<br />economic oscillations. They will witness the best and worst inclinations of their<br />species until they collide and intertwine on that fateful day April 20 2009.</p>