American Terror: L'attentato Di Oklahoma City

I clearly remember this incident when it happened in April 1995 (this and the OJ trial verdict are etched into my brain). I'd been living in San Francisco only a few years, still finding my footing in my career, and the recent 101 California Street shooting was fresh in our minds. This film is concise and sharp, delivered with straightforward storytelling and well chosen interviews that offer clear-eyed recollections without a deep dive into pathos. While it leaves many questions unanswered, as we'll never truly grasp the motives behind such savagery, the doc points to the unsettling throughline of the extremist ideology that fueled Timothy McVeigh and the swirling eddy of disinformation in today's America. It's a thoughtful, timely reminder that domestic terrorism's specter persists, even three decades on, and a must-watch for anyone seeking clear-eyed insight into America's darkest impulses.

This is a very powerful and moving documentary about the Oklahoma bombing.

At times almost unbearable, due to the real people's recollections of the event as they were directly involved, or became involved in dealing with the direct aftermath.

It needs to be seen to highlight the terrible consequences of certain peoples actions who, quite cold-bloodily, took the lives of ordinary citizens who, through no fault of their own, happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Innocents, children and babies no less.

I'm not American and you don't have to be to be affected by this obscene crime.

If there is a hell, these perpetrators will burn in it.

A great documentary but I would have like to seen this as a more lengthy series with some focus on the interviews Timothy McVeigh gave to understand his reasons in more detail. A ten part series would be much better. This seemed to compressed given the scale of the bombing and how it has been the largest domestic terrorist attack in US history. It would be better to speak to more survivors and how it changed their lives. Also there should have been more background on Timothy McVeigh's childhood including his family. Did the film-makers try and speak to his as family? Are they in they in the witness protection progeamme?

Now 30 years after the Oklahoma City Bombing, we have this great documentary. Netflix is very good making documentaries.

There is a lot of footage about what happened. Second by second, minute by minute, hour and hour and day by day.

There is new information that I didn't know. But I am not gonna talk about that, because you should watch it. This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen about that tragic day. Lots of video images and a lot of archives and data that is very interesting. You will find answers to a lot of questions about why, who and what happened that 19 of April 30 years ago.

I hope you like it. It's worth the time!

7 stars out of 10.

This documentary details the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 19 April 1995. Timothy McVeigh, a former US Army veteran who served in the Gulf War, was responsible for masterminding the bombing in which 168 people were killed. The documentary also interviews survivors, loved ones of the victims, those that were caught up in the bombing, and police officers and FBI agents.

There was a lot I didn't really know when I first saw this all over the news when I was 11 years old back in 1995. I just remember the aftermath of the bombing on TV and Timothy McVeigh being escorted outside the courthouse in handcuffs and prison jumpsuit.

The documentary was very good. It is confronting going through all the details but it was good to finally see all the details of the events of that fateful day and the investigation and everything that followed.

8/10.