HBO is revisiting the Oklahoma City bombing with the premiere of an original documentary, “An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th,” at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
It is directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Marc Levin (HBO’s “Stockton on My Mind,” “One Nation Under Stress”) and Katie Couric serves as executive producer. It also will be available to stream on Max.
On April 19, 1995, Western New York native Timothy McVeigh ignited a truck bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people, including 19 children, in the single deadliest act of homegrown terrorism against the government in United States history.
According to a synopsis provided by HBO, the film “looks at the surge in homegrown political violence through the story of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, showing the roots of anti-government sentiment and its reverberations today, along with the emotionally charged warnings of those who suffered tragic losses in the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history.”
Buffalo News reporters Dan Herbeck and Lou Michel, co-authors of the 2002 book, “American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Tragedy at Oklahoma City,” are among those interviewed. President Bill Clinton, FBI agents, a childhood friend of McVeigh, a survivor, family members of victims and terrorism experts are also interviewed.
An HBO release added that the documentary “parses the details of that day, the experiences of the people who were there, the manhunt for the perpetrators, and the pivotal moments of the trials. The film also goes back in time to reveal the personal trajectory of McVeigh, his struggles after serving his country in the Gulf War and his association with pro-gun, anti-government groups.”
“It connects McVeigh with the ideology of a larger extremist movement that was forged in the aftermaths of the farm crisis, the Gulf War, Ruby Ridge and Waco. The film questions the lessons learned from past acts of domestic…
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