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Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol is a 2021 American documentary short film about the January 6 Capitol attack by supporters of former president Donald Trump, reported by The New York Times.[1]

Summary

The film is the result of a six-month investigation of these events using videos posted on social media by the rioters themselves, police body camera footage, and archived audio from police communications, alongside news coverage.[2][3][4]

By combining District of Columbia police radio communications with real-time footage, the film illustrates how law enforcement officers attempted, and ultimately failed, to prevent the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[5]

To maximize viewers’ understanding of the events, the filmmakers also utilized a detailed 3D model of the Capitol complex. This 3D model was synchronized with footage and audio to show the precise movements of the rioters as they advanced through the building. By mapping the attackers’ progress onto a virtual representation of the Capitol, the documentary aims to produce a comprehensive, moment-by-moment visualization of the breach, illustrating how different groups converged and overran security barriers.[6]

Reception

Metro Weekly gave the film four stars out of five, praising it as “brilliantly constructed” and stating that it “offers a more compelling and scrupulous account of the Capitol riot than many of the lawmakers who were in the building that day”.[7] It was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject,[8] but ultimately was not nominated. The video had earned 68,000 comments on YouTube.[9] The video also won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and Peabody Award.[10][11][12][13] It was nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy Awards the following year.[14][15]

See also

Other documentary films about the Capitol attack:

References

  1. ^ “Inside the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation”. The New York Times. June 30, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. ^ “Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the Capitol”. Decider. January 6, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. ^ “Capitol rioters’ footage powers NYT’s ‘Day of Rage’ project”. AP News. July 2, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. ^ “New York Times’ ‘Day of Rage’ documentary dives deep into the events of Jan. 6 | Here & Now”. wbur.org. January 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Stein, Robin; Willis, Haley; Miller, Danielle; Schmidt, Michael S. (March 21, 2021). “Video: ‘We’ve Lost the Line!’: Radio Traffic Reveals Police Under Siege at Capitol”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  6. ^ Khavin, Dmitriy; Willis, Haley; Hill, Evan; Reneau, Natalie; Jordan, Drew; Engelbrecht, Cora; Triebert, Christiaan; Cooper, Stella; Browne, Malachy (June 30, 2021). “Video: Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  7. ^ Day of Rage review: A must-watch documentary on the January 6th insurrection – Metro Weekly
  8. ^ Oscar Shortlists 2022: Documentary, International, Shorts… – Deadline
  9. ^ Matthew Carey (January 12, 2022). “Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Day Of Rage’ Drills Into January 6 Insurrection”. Deadline. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  10. ^ duPont-Columbia Awards
  11. ^ Congratulations to “Day of Rage” – 2022 duPont-Columbia Awards on official YouTube channel
  12. ^ Rep. Adam Kinzinger Presents “Day of Rage” with a Peabody Award on official YouTube channel
  13. ^ Peabody Awards
  14. ^ 2022 News & Documentary Emmy Nominations Revealed – The Hollywood Reporter
  15. ^ “NOMINEES FOR THE 40th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED”. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2022.