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Release year: 2016

Storyline

Animation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.

Top credits

Directors

Keith Maitland

Writers

Pamela Colloff

Cast

Monty Muir — Neal Spelce
Violett Beane — Claire Wilson James
Cole Bee Wilson — Tom Eckman
Aldo Ordoñez — Aleck Hernandez Jr.

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Did you know

• In a Q&A, director Keith Maitland revealed that he filmed locations at the University of Texas with an iPhone in order to obtain the footage animators used for the rotoscoped backgrounds, while most of the actors featured in the re-enactments were filmed in his backyard in front of a greenscreen.

• It has been suggested that his violent impulses, with which he had been struggling for several years, were caused due to a tumor found in his brain on autopsy.

• The filmmakers chose not to graphically depict Whitman's death, likely because it is unclear which officer killed him. McCoy claimed Martinez failed to land a shot with his revolver. Martinez claimed he hit Whitman at least once before McCoy fired his shotgun.