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Oklahoma City

2017 · Film · documentary · 101 min

Directed by Barak Goodman

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The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This documentary explores how a series of deadly encounters between American citizens and federal law enforcement—including the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco—led to it.

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  1. Positive70jS8h5LSep 11, 2022

    I love documentaries, and these are my favourites. All very worth a watch.

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  2. PositiveneartheplainJan 20, 2021

    In fact, the feds had besieged Ruby Ridge in the first place due to Randy Weaver's far-right connections. They wanted to flip him as an informant on the Aryan Nations [0], a white nationalist group with ties to deadly terror cells like The Order [1]. To this end, they threatened him with the weapons charge that led to the the siege at Ruby Ridge, and ultimately to the shooting deaths of Samuel and Vicky Weaver. So far-right terror was taken seriously pre-OKC, but afterwards it was taken very seriously.

    The 2017 PBS documentary "Oklahoma City" was my intro to this subject matter [2]. Excellent film, gripping presentation.

    [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge#Development

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Order_(white_supremacist_group)

    [2] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/oklahoma-city/