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The Waco siege has been the subject of numerous documentary films and books. The first film was a made-for television docudrama film, In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco, which was made during the siege, before the April 19 assault on the church, and presented the initial firefight of February 28, 1993 as an ambush. The film's writer, Phil ...
David Koresh (/ k ə ˈ r ɛ ʃ / [citation needed]; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader [2] who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. [3] [4] As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet.
Why Waco?: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America is a 1995 non-fiction book written by James D. Tabor and Eugene V. Gallagher on the Waco siege and the anti-cult movement in America. It was published by the University of California Press. [1] The same press reprinted it in 1997 in paperback. [2]
Netflix's new docuseries 'Waco: American Apocalypse' tells the true story of David Koresh and the Branch Davidans. Here's what to know about the Waco siege.
The Netflix docuseries revisits the story of Waco with new interviews ... how the debate over the 51-day siege continues to be 'weaponized' ... and six members of the religious sect in an exchange ...
The project is a sequel to the Paramount miniseries, and it follows Branch Davidians like Kathy Schroeder and David Thibodeau who survived the siege. The 'Waco' Siege, and Where Its Survivors Are ...
Heidi Gehman for Reviews in Religion and Theology praises the book as "valuable both as an even-handed examination of the events that took place in Waco in 1993, and even more so as an excellent scholarly effort to understand the inner workings of the theological and biblical vision of a religious movement". [1]
The New Mount Carmel Center was a large group of buildings used by the Branch Davidian religious group located near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Waco.The Branch Davidians were established by Benjamin Roden in 1959 as a breakaway sect from Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, and was later led by David Koresh starting in the 1980s.