Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City reveals the horrors of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The perpetrator, Timothy McVeigh, detonated a truck packed with explosives in front of the building, killing 168 people and injuring a further 675. The attack is considered the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history.

The film explores McVeigh’s motives for carrying out such a horrific act against his country. A former soldier, he was influenced by far-right ideologies and viewed the American government as the enemy. A series of disturbing events—most notably the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco by federal agents, which resulted in 76 deaths—pushed McVeigh towards taking violent action against the government.