An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th with Marc Levin and Alexandra Pelosi (Ep. 504)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Director Marc Levin discusses his new film, An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th, with fellow Director Alexandra Pelosi in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses the differences he encountered in returning to this subject with a fresh lens years later, taking the subject matter and using it as an examination of a bigger picture, and using the information he found to question about possible dangers in the future. Screened as part of the DGA’s Documentary Series, the film tells the story surrounding the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in U.S. history. Featuring firsthand accounts from survivors and law enforcement, the film examines the lasting impact of the bombing and effects still felt today. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/en/Events/2024/Dec2024/DocSeries_AnAmericanBombing-1024

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0:00.0	The reason I decided to go this route, the feature route, was I wanted to make it so in one sitting, you could kind of get the big picture.
0:13.3	We could touch on enough of the specifics, not all of them, but you don't lose the meta story that Timothy McVeigh was not the lone bomber,
0:26.5	but he was a product of a movement. Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:53.1	In this episode, the events leading up to
0:55.6	the 1995-Okliforn-Okloma City bombing are explored, and director Mark Levin's documentary,
1:01.3	an American bombing, The Road to April 19th. Screened as part of the DGA's documentary series,
1:07.9	the film tells the story surrounding the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism
1:11.6	in U.S. history.
1:13.6	Featuring firsthand accounts from survivors and law enforcement, the film examines the lasting
1:18.6	impact and effects still felt today.
1:22.6	In addition to an American bombing, The Road to April 19th. Levin's extensive directorial credits
1:28.3	include the feature films, Slam and White Boys, the documentary features Gang War, Bangin and Little
1:33.9	Rock, and Chasing the Thunder, the movie for television, Prisoners of the War on Drugs, Rags to Riches
1:40.4	to Rags, and Episodes of the series Street Time and Law and Order.
1:45.5	He was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
1:49.8	for his 2000 feature, Thug Life in D.C.
1:54.2	Following the documentary series screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York,
1:59.0	Levin spoke with director Alexandra Pelosi
2:01.1	about filming and American bombing,
2:03.4	The Road to April 19th.
2:05.6	Listen on for their conversation.
2:11.1	Hi, okay, thanks you guys for coming out.
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