Massacre at Waco
DOCUMENTARY (2023)
Creator: Tyler Russell
Cast: David Thibodeau, Lee Hancock

The biggest armed conflict to take place on American soil since the American Civil War is chronicled in a well-crafted three-part series. Netflix. We are in 1993 and in Waco, Texas, where a group of heretic Christians—men, women, and children—led by David Cores live in a compound in the fields. The heavily armed “Davidians” would meet a detachment of local policemen with bullets, killing four and injuring dozens. What follows is an unprecedented 51-day siege, even involving military tanks, that will receive extensive press coverage at home and abroad.

Using these latest documents, as well as many other previously unseen documents, the three-hour documentary takes us to the heart of this incredible yet true case.

Convinced that their leader was the reincarnation of a militaristic version of the Messiah, Koresh’s followers went to extreme lengths, dragging the federal authorities with them, who were ambiguous (to put it mildly).

By presenting interesting interviews from both sides and without leading the viewer, the series manages to highlight several perennial issues along the way, from the destructive power of prevention to media arbitrariness and uncontrolled gun ownership.

Brothers in conflict ★★★
DRAMENDY (2020)
Director: Jeremy Sims
Cast: Sam Neill, Michael Caton.

From your platform Chinobo we’re picking an Australian comedy starring Sam Neill. The latter plays Colin, a sheep farmer who prides himself on his beautiful breed of animals that compete for prizes in a remote area of ​​Western Australia.

His biggest competitor is his older brother Les, from whom he has lived apart for many years, although in reality they both work side by side on their farms every day. The balance will be turned upside down when one of the sheep of the Forest is diagnosed with a dangerous virus, and the responsible authorities order to kill all the herds in the valley.

Sam Neill is great as a grumpy farmer, as is Michael Cayton as Les, who communicates mostly with grunts, in a film that usually moves between comedy and drama, ending up balancing fairly well and not falling into silly melodrama or frivolity.