Tower

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.

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Editing: Keith Maitland, Austin Reedy

Producers: Keith Maitland, Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbrid

Format: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2016

Duration: 82

Contact: The Film Collaborative jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org

Awards
?Audience Award, Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Award – SXSW 2016, USA

Keith Maitland

Filmography

2009 The Eyes of Me
2016 A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
2016 Tower