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4000 Days is a powerful documentary chronicling the relentless fight of three families-Gary and Julie DeVercelly, Linda and Eric Oakes, and TJ and Kim Burch-who turned their personal tragedies into a nationwide movement for change. After losing their sons to fraternity hazing, the families found themselves up against a deeply entrenched system that thrived on secrecy, denial, and silence. Refusing to accept that their children died in vain, they joined forces and waged a years-long battle to expose the dangers of hazing, challenge university and fraternity accountability, and push for sweeping legislative reform. The film's title, 4000 Days, represents the length of their struggle-the number of days it took to turn grief into action, and action into law. Through raw testimonies, intimate moments, and unprecedented access to the families' journey, the documentary captures both the heartbreak and the unyielding determination behind their mission. What begins as three stories of unimaginable loss grows into a united movement that redefines how America views fraternity culture and sets a precedent for victim-centered change. 4000 Days is not only a story of loss-it's a testament to love, resilience, and the power of ordinary people to transform tragedy into lasting impact, ensuring no other family has to endure the same pain
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00:05Hi, Senator Casey. I'm Julie Diversly. I'm the parent of Gary Diversly. He was killed in a
00:10fraternity hazing in March 2007. Our oldest son, Gary Diversly Jr., died of a fraternity hazing
00:19ritual. Some people were just given, like, a beer. Some people were given shot. My son was
00:27given a bottle of whiskey. The things that they do to other kids, I don't understand.
00:36The fraternity world is well organized to keep the focus off the national fraternity.
00:42Sounds like there was a little bit of hazing. Maybe we want to ride. If he's breathing,
00:47he's not dying. He's not. Man, he's not breathing at all. He's up to purple. His face is blue.
00:52If they went harder on him because he's fat, is that not a hate crime?
00:56They want the illusion that they're doing something. Do you think they all know what's
01:00going on in all their chapters? Well, they have to. I don't know how they could not.
01:04The whole system is built on hazing.
01:08We said right after Nolan passed away, I'm like, this isn't going to happen again.
01:11Well, it's been nine years, and I can't tell you how many more lives have been lost to hazing.
01:16This is senseless.
01:18What we're doing has never been done before. We have hazers on stage with us.
01:23Now, I'm having a hard time. Like, was it a facade? Are they really remorseful for what happened to Adam?
01:30Gary's gone, and there's nothing we can do to bring him back. But we can change a system that's broken.
01:42More than a year after his death, the parents of VCU freshman Adam Oaks taking his story to Congress.
01:48Everyone's receptive. Half of the game is trying to read whether they're being sincere or not.
01:55If reach would have been passed when we first started talking about it, Nolan and Tucker would be a live
02:00stay.
02:01We don't want anybody else in our club.
02:03If you just make a few cosmetic changes, it's going to happen again.
02:08I know at times you feel like nobody's paying attention, and nobody here should.
02:13Support this truly bipartisan piece of legislation that saves our children's lives.
02:21I have never seen legislation before where the family's made a bigger difference. Never. It's not even close.
02:29Yes!
02:30That's how changes happen. Not taking no phone answers. Simply out of love.
02:47To be continued...
02:50To be continued...
02:51To be continued...
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