History Film / ImNotAshamed

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Near the end of the movie, while Rachel is talking with a friend outside the school, you can see Dylan and Eric walking across the parking lot toward them...

** [[spoiler:Rachel's suicide attempt. In the movie she's depicted as trying to jump off a building to kill herself, but the book ''Rachel's Tears'' makes no mention of a suicide attempt of any kind.]]

* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Rachel's boyfriend Alex.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Eric and Dylan, naturally, though we don't see it in the film.

* NewMediaAreEvil: While the film isn't as heavy-handed as others in the Pure Flix catalog, it does blame violent video games for the shooting much like many {{moral guardians}} in real life.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[UpToEleven An insane amount]], as every other line toward the end of the film carries the implication that Rachel will die soon.

''I'm Not Ashamed'' is a 2016 fictional Christian drama film produced by Creator/PureFlixEntertainment starring Masey [=McLain=]. It is a biographic film, but many creative freedoms had to be taken because the details surrounding the protagonist's death in the 1999 Columbine Massacre are unconfirmed.

''I'm Not Ashamed'' is a 2016 fictional Christian drama film produced by Creator/PureFlixEntertainment starring Masey [=McLain=]. Although marketed as a biographic film, many creative freedoms were taken so that Pure Flix could promote a Christian agenda and try to tie the importance of Christianity to the 1999 UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} shooting.

** The film suggests that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed Rachel because she tried to minister to them, even going so far as to taunt her about her beliefs before killing her. The actual circumstances of her death are unclear because Richard Castaldo, the boy who was shot next to her, gave conflicting accounts of what happened.

** The film suggests that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed Rachel because she tried to minister to them, even going so far as to taunt her about her beliefs before killing her; the actual circumstances of Scott’s death are unclear because Richard Castaldo, the boy who was shot next to her, gave conflicting accounts of what happened.
** In real life, Rachel took Caucasian student Nick as her date to the prom before the shooting. In the movie, Rachel takes [[RaceLift Asian-American student Kevin]] as her prom date.
** Eric and Dylan are portrayed as console gamers whereas they preferred to game on the PC in real life. They're also depicted as playing ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'', despite the twin facts that they were avid fans of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and that Halo wouldn't be released until 2001, [[AnachronismStew a full two years after the Columbine massacre]]. They also appear to be playing it on a [=PS1=].
** Rachel is shown to be [[spoiler: killed by Eric]] using Dylan's TEC-9, but in real life [[spoiler: she was killed]] by Eric using his Hi-Point 995.
** [[spoiler: Rachel's suicide attempt. In the movie she's depicted as trying to jump off a building to kill herself, but the book Rachel’s Tears makes no mention of a suicide attempt of any kind.]]
* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler: Rachel's boyfriend, Alex]].
* BoomHeadshot: How Rachel goes out.

* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Rachel, following her break up with Alex.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: By the end of the movie, the JerkJock bullies are shown becoming better people, thanks to Rachel's influence.
* HollywoodAtheist: Dylan and Eric are both atheists (anti-theists to be more precise). According to Brooks Brown’s book No Easy Answers the pair did harbor antipathy toward organized religion and the Basement Tapes include derisive remarks about God,but it’s impossible to know whether the two were atheists. The scene where they taunted Rachel for her religious faith in the school stairway was created for the film.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Near the end of the movie, while Rachel is talking with a friend outside the school, you can see Dylan and Eric walking across the parking lot toward them....

* ShownTheirWork: The film's Eric drives the same model of car (a 1980s Honda Prelude) that the real Eric did, and the guns that he and Dylan use are the same models (Hi-Point 995, TEC-9, Stevens 67, Savage 311) that the actual duo used in real life. Pretty impressive, considering that they only appear in the film briefly and that there are documentaries didn't portray those correctly.
* TeensAreMonsters:

* ThoseWackyNazis: Alluded to being an influence for the massacre. In a brief scene, Eric is shown taking an interest in history class only when the teacher starts talking about Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust. In the next scene Eric is shown ranting about how disabled people should be exterminated. Later on, during the planning of the killing spree, Eric is doing fascist salutes and shouting "Heil Hitler!".

* WheresTheKaboom: Eric and Dylan's cafeteria bombs fail, causing them to resort to an aimless shooting spree.

* NotSoDifferent: For as much as Eric and Dylan hate the jocks and bullies of Columbine, they pick on Rachel numerous times.

** [[spoiler: Rachel's suicide attempt. In the movie she's depicted as trying to jump off a building to kill herself, but the book Rachel’s Tears makes no mention of a suicide attempt of any kind.

* HollywoodAtheist: Dylan and Eric are both atheists (anti-theists to be more precise). According to Brooks Brown’s book No Easy Answers the pair did harbor antipathy toward organized religion, but it doesn’t s impossible to know whether the two were atheists for sure. The scene where they taunted Rachel for her religious faith in the school stairway was created for the film.

** The film suggests that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed Rachel because she tried to minister to them, even going so far as to taunt her about her beliefs before killing her, and that targeting Christians was a part of the shooters' plan. Rachel's friend Richard Castaldo who was with her at the time of her death testified that they were both initially shot multiple times by Harris and Klebold who were approaching the school from the parking lot, before Rachel sustained her fatal bullet wound from a distance that pathologists later confirmed to be upwards of 15 to 20 feet away. In doing so, the film conflates Rachel's story with that of Cassie Bernall, another Christian 'martyr' who was killed in the library later in the day.
*** The question about God was asked of Valeen Schnurr, who had hid in the library, when she cried "Oh my God, no" after being shot once. Instead of killing her, she was ''spared'' after saying "Yes" to the question whether she believed, which goes entirely against the message the film gives. Schnurr survived, and it was misattributed to Cassie Bernall, who died. The whole story appears to be based on this, since Bernall is often hailed as a martyr for her supposed answer to the question since then (Rachel Scott's brother Craig is the one who related the story, though his words were misunderstood).

** [[spoiler: Rachel's suicide attempt. In the movie she's depicted as trying to jump off a building to kill herself, but in reality she tried to do it with carbon monoxide poisoning via car exhaust, but decided not to at the last second.]]

* HollywoodAtheist: Dylan and Eric are both atheists (anti-theists to be more precise). Why they worship Hitler raises suspicions because Hitler condemned atheism. There is NO evidence to suggest that the real-life Dylan and Eric were actually atheists, and the two scenes where they taunted Rachel for her religious faith (one in the stairway, the other after they shot her in non-fatal areas) were entirely fabricated for the film.

** Eric and Dylan are portrayed as console gamers whereas they preferred to game on the PC in real life. They're also depicted as playing ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'', despite the twin facts that they were avid fans of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and that Halo wouldn't be released until 2001, [[AnachronismStew a full two years after the Columbine massacre]].

** The film is decried as horribly inaccurate and religiously biased. Dylan and Eric did '''NOT''' taunt Rachel for her religious faith, nor did they ever talk to Rachel before the shootings! This is not the [[Film/GodsNotDead first movie]] Pure Flix made that attacks atheists (previously as teachers, here students).
** The question about God was asked of Valeen Schnurr, who had hid in the library, when she cried "Oh my God, no" after being shot once. Instead of killing her, she was ''spared'' after saying "Yes" to the question whether she believed, which goes entirely against the message the film gives. Schnurr survived, and it was misattributed to Cassie Bernall, who died. The whole story appears to be based on this, since Bernall is often hailed as a martyr for her supposed answer to the question since then (Rachel Scott's brother Craig is the one who related the story, though his words were misunderstood).

''I'm Not Ashamed'' is a 2016 fictional Christian drama film produced by Creator/PureFlixEntertainment starring Masey [=McLain=]. Although marketed as a biographic film, many creative freedoms were taken so that Pure Flix could promote a Christian agenda and try to tie the importance of Christianity to the 1999 Columbine shooting.

* WheresTheKaboom: Eric and Dylan's cafeteria bombs fail, causing them to resort to an aimless shooting spree.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Alex ends up cheating on Rachel with one of her best friends]].

* ShownTheirWork: Though they only appear in the film briefly, the film's Eric drives the same model of car (a 1980s Honda Prelude) that the real Eric did, and the guns that he and Dylan use are the same models (Hi-Point 995, TEC-9, Stevens 67, Savage 311) that the actual duo used in real life. Pretty impressive, considering that there are documentaries didn't portray those correctly.

* ShownTheirWork: Though they only appears in the film briefly, the film's Eric drives the same model of car (a 1980s Honda Prelude) that the real Eric did, and the guns that he and Dylan use are the same models (Hi-Point 995, TEC-9, Stevens 67, Savage 311) that the actual duo used in real life. Pretty impressive, considering that there are documentaries didn't portray those correctly.

* ShownTheirWork: Though they only appears in the film briefly, the film's Eric drives the same model of car (a 1980s Honda Prelude) that the real Eric did, and the guns that he and Dylan use are the same models (Hi-Point 995, TEC-9, Stevens 67, Savage 311) that the actual duo used in real life.

* HollywoodAtheist: Dylan and Eric are both atheists (or anti-theists to be more precise). Why they worship Hitler raises suspicions because Hitler condemned atheism. There is NO evidence to suggest that the real-life Dylan and Eric were actual atheists, and the two scenes where they taunted Rachel for her religious faith (one in the stairway, the other after they shot her in non-fatal areas) were entirely fabricated for the film.

The movie follows the story of Rachel Joy Scott ([=McLain=]), the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting. However, the movie focuses on her religious journey towards becoming a stronger believer in Christianity and how it affects her life and the people around her.

** Eric and Dylan are portrayed as console gamers whereas they preferred to game on the PC in real life.

* BullyingADragon: The jocks of Columbine seem to center their harassment on Eric and Dylan. Anyone who knows the true story knows this doesn't end well.x
* DrivenToSuicide:
** [[spoiler: Rachel following her break up with Alex. {{Averted}} when she doesn't go through with it.]]
** Eric and Dylan, naturally, though we don't see it in the film.

** The film is decried as horribly inaccurate and religiously biased. Dylan and Eric did '''NOT''' taunt Rachel for her religious faith, nor did they ever talk to Rachel before the shootings! This is not the [[Film/GodsNotDead first movie]] Pure Flix made that chides the idea of atheists attending schools or teaching in them.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film is decried as horribly inaccurate and religiously-biased. Dylan and Eric did '''NOT''' taunt Rachel for her religious faith, nor did they ever talk to Rachel before the shootings! This is not the [[Film/GodsNotDead first movie]] Pure Flix made that chides the idea of atheists attending or professing schools.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Rachel following her break up with Alex. {{Averted}} when she doesn't go through with it]].
** [[spoiler: In the movie she's depicted as trying to jump off a building to kill herself, but in reality she tried to do it with carbon monoxide poisoning via car exhaust, but decided not to at the last second.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Anybody that knows about the Columbine shooting knows that Rachel will be dead by the end of the movie. And even if you didn't, the {{Foreshadowing}} will make it crystal clear.

* NewMediaAreEvil: While the film isn't as Anvilicious as others in the Pure Flix catalog, it does blame violent video games for the shooting much like many MoralGuardians in real life.

* TeensAreMonsters: The JerkJock bullies of Columbine are ''relentless''.