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Watched the documentary, 'Tower' on Netflix. It's available for streaming or DVD rental.

It's obviously about the Aug. 1, 1966, UT shooting. It's a hybrid of archival footage and animation, multi-POV, first person narration. It's really well done, tragic of course, and only anti gun at the very end when they play Uncle Walter espousing his viewpoint.

Two thumbs up.

My brother was there on campus that day. Scary time for the family at the time. Hard to get in touch with people in 66.

So you would say it was much better than the Netflix reviews? I think it was sitting at one and a half stars when I saw it on there the other day.

SQLGeek wrote:So you would say it was much better than the Netflix reviews? I think it was sitting at one and a half stars when I saw it on there the other day.

It kind of downplays the significance of the people who returned fire--something that got significant coverage in the Texas Monthly article on which the documentary is based--and it gives a little too much credence to Ramiro Martinez's concerns about campus carry, but overall it's a very good documentary.

SQLGeek wrote:So you would say it was much better than the Netflix reviews? I think it was sitting at one and a half stars when I saw it on there the other day.

Yes.

Low rating could be because of the subject matter, that it's a documentary, that it's victim/participant pov but excludes the shooter.

I thought it was a really clever way of telling the story. The animation makes the participants the age they were then, which 'modernizes' a 50 year old story, and it's inter-cut with period footage to reinforce the animation.

Good to hear. I'll add it to my list.