Our Hero, Balthazar' Explores the Dangers of Living a Life Online

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 30

In the new movie "Our Hero, Balthazar," a young man who posts performatively online decrying gun violence suddenly finds himself encountering a man who claims to want to perpetrate a school shooting. Director Oscar Boyson and actors Asa Butterfield and Jaeden Martell discuss the film, in select theaters now.

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