Tom Hays for the The Associated Press reports on "Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story."

It began as a small documentary by two teenage filmmakers about guns, death and grief at a Brooklyn housing project. Then, in the midst of production, one of the teens saw his best friend die in a freak shooting on the project's rooftop. The shooter was a police officer.

This dramatic boost has propelled Danny Howard and Terrence Fisher to the big time: "Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story" will compete next month at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in the short documentary category.