Over one thousand people have been charged with storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, as part of a widely televised insurrection attempt. Approximately 15% of them worked as police or military personnel. This staggering statistic begs an important question: how can a service member who took an oath to protect the country’s democracy do something that puts that very democracy in jeopardy?
Direction
Sadoff's surgical build from individual stories to systemic rot.
Writing
Kathleen Belew's historical expertise reframes everything you thought you knew.
Director
Charlie Sadoff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Charlie Sadoff spent three years embedded with extremism researchers before filming, initially pursuing a completely different project about veteran reintegration.
The film's release strategy deliberately avoided festival circuits to reach military audiences first through base screenings—a choice that sparked internal Pentagon debate about its classification as 'political.'
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