In 1993, a raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas escalated into a 51-day siege and ended with a fire that killed 76 people inside. William Gazecki's film builds its case almost entirely from primary material: FBI infrared surveillance tapes, negotiation audio between agents and David Koresh, congressional hearing testimony, and courtroom footage from the survivors' trial. Attorneys, former agents, and Branch Davidian survivors are interviewed about the tank assaults, the tear gas operation, and the gunfire recorded on the infrared tape that some analysts read as automatic weapons fire from government positions. The film lays the government's public account against the forensic and audio record and lets the discrepancies speak for themselves rather than narrating a verdict. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The result is a methodical, evidence-heavy reconstruction of one of the era's most disputed law enforcement operations, built to let viewers weigh the official story against the tape.