Tower

Mar 13, 2016

1h 22m

★ 7.6

August 1, 1966, was the day our innocence was shattered.

Overview

Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation, 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.

Genres

Animation

Crime

Documentary

Production Companies

Independent Lens

Go-Valley

Tower Trailers

Cast

Claire Wilson James

Violett Beane

Allen Crum

Chris Doubek

Houston McCoy

Blair Jackson

Ramiro "Ray" Martinez

Louie Arnette

Rita Starpattern

Josephine McAdam

Aleck Hernandez Jr.

Aldo Ordoñez

John "Artly" Fox

Seamus Bolivar-Ochoa

Neal Spelce

Monty Muir

Tom Eckman

Cole Bee Wilson

Brenda Bell

Vicky Illk

Lee "Junior" Zamora

Anthony Martinez

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