Limited Series – Waco: American Apocalypse

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Megan D MUST SEE ! This was put together so well and was so very interesting Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/24/25 Full Review Brendan C 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. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/04/23 Full Review dave d It's fine as a trip down memory lane, but nothing particularly noteworthy comes from it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/18/23 Full Review Dan R '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 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/10/23 Full Review weeg M 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? Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/08/23 Full Review David F 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. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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