On August 1st, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes. When the gunshots were finally silenced, the toll included 16 dead, three dozen wounded, and a shaken nation left trying to understand. Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation in a dynamic, never-before-seen way, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes, and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
Tower
Tower
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Screening Schedule
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- Direction: Keith Maitland
- Cinematography: Keith Maitland, Sarah Wilson
- Editing: Austin Reedy, Keith Maitland
- Sound: Lyman Hardy
- Music: Osei Essed
- Production: Go-Valley, Killer Impact, Meredith Vieira Productions
- Producers: Keith Maitland, Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbrid
- Co-production: Texas Archive of the Moving Image, Minnow Mountain
- Art Direction: Keith Maitland
- Executive producer: Luke Wilson, Steve Eckelman, Amy Rapp, Pamela Colloff, Meredith Vieira, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen
- Camera: Sarah Wilson
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: USA
- Production Year: 2016
- Duration: 82΄
- Contact: The Film Collaborative, jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org
- Awards/Distinctions: (Selection) News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary – USA Emmy Awards 2018 Award for Best Documentary – Texas AFCA 2016 Award for Best Animated Film – Boston BSFC 2016
Keith Maitland
Filmography
2009 The Eyes of Me
2016 A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
2016 Tower
2016 A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
2016 Tower