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A24’s Doc ‘The Sixth,’ About the Terror of Jan. 6, Is Essential Viewing. So Why Are the Directors Struggling to Get It Seen?
The filmmakers behind the Jan. 6 doc 'The Sixth,' frustrated over its distribution, launch the grassroots 'Screen It Forward' campaign to get it seen.
The A24 film “ The Sixth,” however, documents via horrific footage what actually happened, and how it was ultimately Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department that saved the government from being toppled by a massive, deadly mob when the National Guard, stationed just miles away, didn’t show up. ); MPD officers Christina Laury and Daniel Hodges; Erica Loewe, deputy comms director for then-Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.); and photographer Mel D. Cole (picture below), who wound up embedded inside the mob and perhaps has the most terrifying eyewitness view of anyone. Adds Gathr CEO Scott Glosserman: “‘The Sixth’ serves as an essential reflection on our democratic values, and through the ‘Screen It Forward’ initiative, we are committed to making this important narrative accessible to audiences across the nation.”
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