The Sixth

Every American should see this movie! A 'close-up' of what happened at the U. S. Capitol on January 6th, supported with an excellent map of where everyone was situated, and what was happening, minute by minute. You feel such tremendous respect for the police officers, the Chief of the MPD, and others who worked to keep the rioters from entering the Capitol or harming any members of Congress.

The photographer, Mel D. Cole, took photos right in the midst of the crowd, although he was scared to death at the end.

Right now it's available on Amazon Prime, but only for sale at $19.99. And rumors are that Prime is going to remove it.

Watching this small band of police officers battle the crowd, the question has remained - What took the Army so damn long to sign off on support from the National Guard??

"Usually the Federal Government comes in to back up local law enforcement. On January 6th, local law enforcement came to the rescue of the Federal Government." Washington DC Chief of Police ---- I did not know many things about January 6th but I always assumed when the then POTUS told people to go home - the crowd did. That's not what happened. They kept attacking, as violent as ever, but law enforcement from VA, MD, and NJ swept in and dispersed the crowd. Regular police officers faced that huge crowd and relieved the few hundred that had battled them for hours.

I definitely just recommend watching this documentary. It uses extensive actual footage and interviews the D. C. Chief of Police, a D. C. Policeman (himself a former Guardsman), a Capitol policewoman, a photographer in the crowd, a congressman, and a Congressional Staffer (running with the six theme). There is almost no political commentary. Just what law enforcement and our Congress faced. Regardless of what one thinks about the vote - I have no doubt law enforcement in the Capitol saved many lives that day. There were people in that mob ready to kill Congressmen and women.

We can get locked into pointing fingers on who should have done what and chain of command. For the record , I learned the nearby Guardsmen were unarmed and had no body armor. So they really couldn't have been used. But all I can say is I am grateful for the heroes of the day and that local law enforcement stepped into the breach. And I hope in the future we will be as fast against a domestic threat as we would be for a foreign one.

We should make sure that nothing like that ever happens again.

A film every American should watch. I was watching this unfold in real time from the other side of the world and was wondering how this could happen in America. The characters were very relatable and feel so much for them. I can clearly see that an organized group served as agitators and ordinary people lost control of themselves.

It is very sad that this happened and could happen again with the US political climate as the way it is now.

Well made documentary with never before seen footages and photos. I feel for some of the protesters but mostly to the congressional staff and the law enforcement agencies like the local MPD and the Capitol Police. The National Guard was deemed useless as it was used by politicians not to help. Neighboring local law enforcement agencies from various states saves the day.

Full blown hypocracy of the supposed Blue Lives hardcore supporters.

A must watch.

A photographer brings us back to the day our capital was under siege by a group of people that were invited by The Actual president that day to come to the capital because he had lost the election and was mad so he called on his mob to disrupt our certification of our new President. Made me emotional!

The photographer brings you in to the actual day that so many will not forget. My Dad was a WW11 Vet and he wouldn't believe our country would follow anyone to tell them to go against our government. My cousin died at age 18 in Vietnam and our country used to respect protests if they were peaceful. This was not peaceful!!

This was a very well made and poignant depiction of the insurrection on a more personal and granular level than many people (certainly myself) have often had a chance to see presented in one place and as one form.

Frankly it's pretty hard to rate something like this accurately. It seems it's also hard to do it dispassionately and outside the lens of cult indoctrination, as evidenced by our dear friend reviewer "Htownklown." My perfect rating, therefore, is probably a reflection just as much on the personal resonance I felt with this film (it's a topic of great importance to me) as on the high quality of the film itself. The horrors of that day touched so many of us but it's important to hear the stories of those it touched completely and often violently.

Well worth your time and I'd highly suggest giving it a go before November. It's impossible to overstate what's at stake for America.