During a routine trip to the mall, 15-year- old Jesse’s best friend is violently attacked at
random. The attackers do not confront or acknowledge Jesse, and Jesse does not engage
or pursue the attackers… he simply backs away. Why did this happen? Could Jesse have
done more? Did he have an obligation? These are the questions posed by VIOLET, a
carefully calibrated character study of the process of coping in the midst of senseless
trauma.