But if you dont jump there note that it was a terrorist plot to shoot down planes and bomb synagogues in and around newburgh, new york in 2009. Fbi a ochit o comunitate musulmana din newburgh, ny. But using the fbi surveillance film that was collected by the informant, the hbo film insists that this was no case of counterterrorism. The newburgh sting is a 2014 documentary film about the federal bureau of investigations sting operation on four muslim. The newburgh sting film the newburgh sting 20 april 2014. Hbo to debut fbi undercover expose the newburgh sting, 721. The newburgh sting is a documentary detailing how an undercover informant induced four men to join a plot to blow up a bronx synagogue and attack a nearby u.
Film l ataque du metro 123 en streamcomplet streaming. Filmmaker exposes fbi counterterrorism strategy msnbc. Hbo acquires the newburgh sting documentary deadline. A major prostitution ring was busted in newburgh friday. Breaking news the newburgh sting, a startling expose. The life and death of sandra bland will premiere at the 2018 tribeca film festival on april 25. The film should bring the media back to the 2009 case, and could ensure a theatrical showing in the us before it airs on hbo, which acquired it this spring. Hbo docs picks up rights to tribeca film festival entry the newburgh sting ben travers. The documentary films division has recently obtained a film that is about the newburgh four. The newburgh sting is an indepth exposure of the fbi entrapment of four men from newburgh new york, an impoverished town of about 30,000 some 60 miles north of. The newburgh sting is a 2014 documentary film about the federal bureau of investigations sting operation on four muslim men involved in the 2009 bronx. Just 60 miles north of new york city sits the povertystricken town of newburgh, where, in 2009, four men were lured by a shady pakistani man into a plot to bomb jewish centers in the bronx. The newburgh sting is a 2014 documentary film about the federal bureau of investigations sting operation on four muslim men involved in the 2009 bronx terrorism plot. Film l ataque du metro 123 en streamcomplet, streaming, ataque.
The downing is located at 19 front street in newburgh, new york, on the bottom floor of the former yellow bird gallery building. In a broader sense, though, the film builds a credible circumstantial case for the entrapment defense. George washington puts an end to the newburgh conspiracy. This exact theory is put forth in the new hbo documentary the newburgh sting, which chronicles the 2009 so called bronx bomb or terrorist plot. The newburgh sting, an hbo documentary, makes extensive use of f. Rewind and the dog doc are in the documentary competition, boca del lobo is in the short film category, and the apollo by roger ross williams, for which t. By early 1783, widespread unrest had created an atmosphere ripe for mutiny.
The newburgh sting 2014 following an fbi sting operation, four muslim men from newburgh, n. Griffin music are premiering at the 2019 tribeca film festival. Newburgh conspiracy george washingtons mount vernon. Free parking is available in the newburghbeacon ferry lot, on water street, and in the lot behind the theater access via carpenter street. Film l ataque du metro 123 en streamcomplet, streaming. City sits the povertystricken town of newburgh, where, in 2009, four men were lured by a shady.
Downing film center 19 front street, newburgh, new york. Filmed in orange county ny orange county film office. The film was also screened before a closed briefing of the us senate and at the cato institute in conjunction with presentations by human rights watch and the aclu. Premiering at the 2014 tribeca film festival in april, this hbodistributed documentary details the backgrounds of four men that the federal bureau of. The newburgh sting has had a substantial impact through an extensive screening campaign across the country at law schools, community centers and with muslim advocacy groups. The film builds a credible circumstantial case for the entrapment defense. To wrap our mind around just what this is about i resort to this link. The fbi targets a muslim community in newburgh, new york and arrests four men in 2009 during a sting operation, claiming they tried to help a pakistani business man, who was working with the fbi, with terrorist attacks. The newburgh sting premieres monday, july 21 at 9pm, only on hbo. The imam and assistant imam of mesjid alikhlas, newburgh mosque, recall their first encounters with shahed hussain an undercover informant sent to newburgh by the fbi in 2008.
The newburgh sting, on hbo, about bronx bomb plot the new. The newburgh sting 2014 film complet en streaming vf. Hbo docs picks up rights to tribeca film festival entry. Told crisply, and illustrated with a plethora of eyeopening surveillance footage used by the fbi, the newburgh sting is a snapshot of something happening all over the country, with the. The conspiracy may have been instigated by members in the congress of the confederation, who circulated an anonymous letter in the army camp at newburgh, new york, on march 10, 1783. The newburgh sting hbo documentary films drawing on a trove of covert fbi video footage, this wellargued doc offers a spirited defense of four men charged in. The newburgh conspiracy was a plan by continental army officers to challenge the authority of the confederation congress, arising from their frustration with congresss longstanding inability to meet its financial obligations to the military. Documentary the newburgh sting to premiere monday, july. In the end, however, george washington defused the situation with an. Hbo premiered the documentary the newburgh sting on july 21, 2014. Leonard red jackson, whom gordon parks photographed in 1948 for life magazine. The newburgh sting offers a compelling and wrenching portrait of how the fbi fabricated a case of domestic terrorism against four poor new york state men, scripting the moves that would end up implicating them. Some say the fbi has now softened its tactics in the wake of the fallout from newburgh.
Her other credits include the cheshire murders, the newburgh sting, jockey, and stonewall uprising. Hbos newburgh sting doc leaves terrorism, truth on. The newburgh sting delves deeply into this case one of many cases across the country where people have been allegedly drawn into a plot with extreme consequences. The newburgh sting is a snapshot of something happening all over the country, with the illusion being presented of all kinds of terrorist cells being broken and individuals being tossed in jail. On one level, the newburgh sting is a passionate plea from the defense perspective for the four men from newburgh, n. Winner 2014 covert productions in association with hbo documentary films and impact partners when federal entrapment ends up. Hbo documentary films has picked up doc the newburgh sting ahead of the movies world premiere at the 2014 tribeca film festival. Kate davis is an emmy and peabodyaward winning filmmaker whose film southern comfort won the grand jury prize at sundance and first prize at hot docs. The newburgh sting focuses on the state of surveillance in a post911. Some of my footage was purchased by filmmakers who did the documentary for newburgh sting which is now on hbo.
Thats the compelling and provocative story that hbo documentaries film, the. Following an fbi sting operation, four muslim men from newburgh, n. Hbo to debut fbi undercover expose the newburgh sting, 721 by tv news desk june 27, 2014 on may 20, 2009, four men from the impoverished and largely africanamerican city of. Griffin did the main title and additional scoring is the opening night film. Fbi undercover operation, debuts july 21 on hbo on may 20, 2009, four men from the impoverished and largely african. Shocking newlyacquired video footage shows an unscrupulous government informant entrapping four unworldly men from a povertystricken town into a world of crime to further a post911 government agenda that plays upon american fears and unfairly targets muslimamericans at their places of worship. I vaguely remember some portions of this story as it hit the news a few years back. The arrest was described by the documentary as having been. Our entrance is directly across front street from billy joes ribworks. The newburgh conspiracy was what appeared to be a planned military coup by the continental army in march 1783, when the american revolutionary war was at its end. But footage of the boston marathon bombing near the end of the film begs the. Police say five women were arrested on prostitution charges, while three men were brought in for solicitation of the call girls. But once the men were on board, their leader, who doubled as an fbi undercover agent, led them straight to the authorities. The film provides a disturbing window into the fbis role in the case and methodically explores the idea that the newburgh four, whatever else they may be, are victims of entrapment.
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