| Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol | |
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| Directed by | David Botti Malachy Browne |
| Produced by | David Botti Malachy Browne Stella Cooper Cora Engelbrecht Evan Hill Christiaan Triebert Haley Willis |
| Narrated by | Malachy Browne |
| Edited by | Dmitriy Khavin Natalie Reneau |
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Running time | 41 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol is a 2021 American documentaryshort film about theJanuary 6 Capitol attack by supporters of former presidentDonald Trump, reported byThe New York Times.[1]
The film is the result of a six-month investigation of these events using videos posted onsocial media by the rioters themselves,police body camera footage, and archived audio from police communications, alongside news coverage.[2][3][4]
By combiningDistrict of Columbia police radio communications with real-time footage, the film illustrates how law enforcement officers attempted, and ultimately failed, to prevent theJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack.[5]
To maximize viewers' understanding of the events, the filmmakers also utilized a detailed3D model of the Capitol complex. This 3D model was synchronized with footage and audio to show the precise movements of the rioters as they advanced through the building. By mapping the attackers’ progress onto a virtual representation of theCapitol, the documentary aims to produce a comprehensive, moment-by-moment visualization of the breach, illustrating how different groups converged and overran security barriers.[6]
Metro Weekly gave the film four stars out of five, praising it as "brilliantly constructed" and stating that it "offers a more compelling and scrupulous account of the Capitol riot than many of the lawmakers who were in the building that day".[7] It was shortlisted for theAcademy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject,[8] but ultimately was not nominated. The video had earned 68,000 comments onYouTube.[9] The video also won theAlfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award andPeabody Award.[10][11][12][13] It was nominated for twoNews & Documentary Emmy Awards the following year.[14][15]
Other documentary films about the Capitol attack: