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This controversial documentary about the stand-off between an unorthodox Christian group - the Branch Davidians, under the leadership of the young, charismatic David Koresh - and the FBI and ATF in Waco, Texas, from February to April 1993 presents a different spin on the events from that of the United States government, which held that the Branch Davidians set the fire that destroyed their compound, and killed the vast majority of them, on April 19, 1993. Using footage from the 51 day siege, from the congressional hearings afterwards, from people involved in all aspects of the siege, and from experts technical, psychological, and religious, the movie suggests that the Branch Davidians were not a cult, but a valid religious group practicing under First Amendment freedoms who fell victim to first the ineptitude of an ATF raid designed to garner the agency positive attention and later the cruel, methodical work of the FBI, who over-saw the murder of the Davidians and then quickly covered it up.

If this film is correct the FBI is not only responsible for a cover-up but for the murder of men, women and children. I had heard about this film for a while but never got around to watching it. Maybe I thought it might be another libertarian film about a crazy cult. Now that I have seen this film I can say that its a quality film that needs to be watched. The film is filled with plenty of evidence of a government cover-up. Ironically, though this tragedy occurred in front of the press, these accounts and evidence have been ignored by the press.