Mike Boettcher

The Hornet's Nest is a groundbreaking and immersive feature film, using unprecedented real footage to tell the story of an elite group of U. S. troops sent on a dangerous mission deep inside one of Afghanistan's most hostile valleys. What was planned as a single day strike turned into nine intense days of combat against an invisible, hostile enemy in terrain where troops had never dared go before.

In 1995, American Timothy McVeigh ignited a truck bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people, including 19 children. Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Marc Levin (HBO's Stockton on My Mind), this film explores the surge in homegrown political violence through the lens of the Oklahoma City bombing, tracing the roots of antigovernment sentiment and its reverberations today. Along with the emotionally charged warnings of those who suffered tragic losses in the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history, the film connects McVeigh with the ideology of a larger extremist movement, while questioning the lessons learned from past acts of domestic terrorism and serving as an essential wake-up call.