It was a good try
But given the weight of what happened, I don't think it would be appropriate to make a movie of this nature. Simply because no one knows exactly what happened from every fascit. One thing I appreciate greatly was a significant attempt to remain completely factual. This event needs to be studied, although it appears to be largely forgotten already. Outside of a small town.
What I can agree on with these two is that society (in America) is one big failure. Its disappointing, often macabre from many perspectives. Many adults tend to forget what it was like to be young, and how others treated you. Its easy for me to remember. These kids were inflicted with an insight that they were to young to handle. Where they got it, one couldn't say exactly.
To a lot of you kids out there, the fact is there are very few people that truly take you seriously. Its frustrating, but you just have to wait. Your time is coming. Those two completely waisted their possibility of changing things for the better by focusing everyones attention on the worst.