While its gestures toward poignancy sometimes fall flat, American Apocalypse is an altogether well-researched documentary that dispels some of the counterproductive folklore surrounding the Waco catastrophe. Read critic reviews
Waco: American Apocalypse (2023)
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1. In the Beginning…
Air date: Mar 22, 2023
Gunfire erupts when federal agents arrive at the Branch Davidian compound with a search warrant and hostage negotiators attempt to free the children.
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2. Children of God
Air date: Mar 22, 2023
Curiosity over the man calling himself a messiah makes Waco the center of a media circus. FBI negotiation and rescue teams clash over the use of force.
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3. Fire
Air date: Mar 22, 2023
The world waits as Koresh makes new promises of surrender. But the FBI's controversial tactics turn the compound into an apocalyptic scene.
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This is like a paint-by-numbers project with beautiful footage but carefully avoiding all the hard questions. This is pretty audacious given the controversy and investigations post-event. Designed for popcorn only.
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It's fine as a trip down memory lane, but nothing particularly noteworthy comes from it.
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Buenas entrevistas a los que vivieron el momento, pero me hubiera gustado más contexto de lo que pasaba en la època. Los estadounidenses están muy locos.
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'Waco: American Apocalypse' is an incredible look at an event entrenched in US history and controversy. SYNOPSIS: 'It showcases what happened in 1993 in Waco, Texas when cult leader David Koresh faced off against the federal government in a siege of 51 days.' This series reveals many things about the Waco incident which have never been made public knowledge before. The never before seen footage of FBI negotiations during the standoff, and previously unreleased news footage offer a sobering look at events. The director explores the facts of the event, many of which the US Government does not want the public to know. In places this exploration is damning in it's verdict against the FBI and rightly so. However, by offering up the opposing views of those involved, without bias, that's where this documentary really succeeds. A really well researched documentary which shouldn't be missed. 8/10
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I was in my twenties when this went down. The doc had lots of footage I either hadn't seen or had forgotten about. The interviews with the lead fbi negotiator was eye opening , the interviews with the survivors both sad and frightening. An indictment on FBT/ATF leadership. Has anything changed?
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This is an intense documentary about the FBI/ATF siege on the Branch Davidian compound in 1993 which began with the deaths of numerous agents and ended in the fiery deaths of many of the people in the compound. This documentary leans very heavily on first person accounts relayed by the people who were there 30 years ago, which gives it a you-are-there intensity. Combined with video tape footage of the events from all sides, watching this documentary gives you the feeling that you lived through it. Because it is so tightly focused on the eyewitness accounts, there is a lack of context at times for understanding just why what is happening is happening, but in a lot of ways that just makes this seem even more intense and realistic. It's a documentary that looks back at a story you thought you knew which makes you see it in an entirely new light.
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A docu-series one can't miss, with lots of great footage and interviews. That said, it lacked a critical bite of the government's failures which led to 28 dead children (82 overall) in the Branch Davidian compound.
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Didn't need to be three episodes
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So Netflix are Cult sympathizers now? Been considering canceling my subscription, now I definitely will. What a joke.
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Overall, very cool imagery and some great information. It lacked what is needed in some parts though, making it far from a piece that fully encompasses the subject matter.
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