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‘One Day in October’ Director Dan Reed on the Toll of Documenting Terror Attacks: ‘I Once Woke Up Smelling Charred Human Flesh’
'Leaving Neverland' director Dan Reed opens up about his latest project 'One Day in October,' an in-depth look at the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
Documentary filmmaker Dan Reed, whose work includes Michael Jackson doc “Leaving Neverland” and HBO’s recent “The Truth vs Alex Jones,” has found his calling in getting people to relive “the worst day in their life,” as he describes it. It’s this psychological armor that carried him through his latest project, “One Day in October.” Filmed over five trips to Israel, the first just a month after the massacre of Oct. 7, the documentary focuses on Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the many Israeli border villages devastated by Palestinian terrorists last fall and one of the hardest hit, with about 10% of its residents brutally murdered and a further 30 taken hostage. The documentary also includes footage of the bloodshed, from CCTV as well as videos livestreamed by Hamas operatives on the day, giving viewers an “almost 360 view of what’s happening.” How does Reed balance communicating the brutality of a terrorist attack without desensitizing the audience?
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