Columbine Mine massacre Columbine Mine massacre The Columbine Mine massacre, sometimes called the Columbine massacre, occurred in 1927, in the town of Serene, Colorado. A fight broke out between Colorado state police and a group of striking coal miners, during which the unarmed miners were attacked with firearms. The miners testified that machine guns were fired at them, which the state police disputed. Six strikers were killed, and dozens were injured. The company town of Serene, Colorado, nestled on a rolling hillside, was the home of the Columbine mine. The strike was five weeks old and strikers had been conducting morning rallies at
Columbine High School massacre The film is believed to have been inspired by several shootings that are listed before the credits, Columbine being among them. The first documentary on the massacre may have been the TLC documentary "Lost Boys" in 2000. The 2002 Michael Moore documentary film "Bowling for Columbine" won several awards. Also in 2002, A&E made "Columbine: Understanding Why". In 2004, the shooting was dramatized in the documentary "Zero Hour". In 2007, the massacre was documented in an episode of the National Geographic Channel documentary series, "The Final Report". In the 2009 film "April Showers", which was written and directed by Andrew