The Sixth

A film every American should watch. I was watching this unfold in real time from the other side of the world and was wondering how this could happen in America. The characters were very relatable and feel so much for them. I can clearly see that an organized group served as agitators and ordinary people lost control of themselves.

It is very sad that this happened and could happen again with the US political climate as the way it is now.

Well made documentary with never before seen footages and photos. I feel for some of the protesters but mostly to the congressional staff and the law enforcement agencies like the local MPD and the Capitol Police. The National Guard was deemed useless as it was used by politicians not to help. Neighboring local law enforcement agencies from various states saves the day.

Full blown hypocracy of the supposed Blue Lives hardcore supporters.

A must watch.

This was a very well made and poignant depiction of the insurrection on a more personal and granular level than many people (certainly myself) have often had a chance to see presented in one place and as one form.

Frankly it's pretty hard to rate something like this accurately. It seems it's also hard to do it dispassionately and outside the lens of cult indoctrination, as evidenced by our dear friend reviewer "Htownklown." My perfect rating, therefore, is probably a reflection just as much on the personal resonance I felt with this film (it's a topic of great importance to me) as on the high quality of the film itself. The horrors of that day touched so many of us but it's important to hear the stories of those it touched completely and often violently.

Well worth your time and I'd highly suggest giving it a go before November. It's impossible to overstate what's at stake for America.

A must-watch for every American adult. With chilling footage and extraordinary first-hand accounts, The Sixth presents the events of that terrible day in raw, unvarnished relief.

As of this writing (6/924) The Sixth has 100% critic and audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes but a 6.4 on IMDB? I'm guessing there are a lot of 1s from people who never watched this film. A shame - the people who need to see this the most likely will never. To ensure they never happen again, we must be brave enough to revist the events of January 6th, a day our Capitol was stormed for the first time since the war of 1812.

This film reminds us of the truth of that day from six people who experienced it first hand and through whose courage, democracy triumphed. Original footage shows aspects of the day that never made the news. The award-winning directors live in Washington DC and have a unique perspective. The featured people include policemen and women who protected the Capitol, congressional aides who barricaded themselves in offices, a photographer embedded in the crowd with insurgents, and a congressman. The imagery is powerful and irrefutable and even if you watched the events unfold in live time, there are scenes that have never been seen.

This is an outstanding journal on the darkest day of American Democracy and the inside look of the attempt to dismantle that very thing. Clearly this is meant for anyone who utilizes critical thinking and appreciates educating oneself, and proceeds to do so by exposure to reality and facts - something the mob on that day is dire allergic to do on all fronts.

One understandably sad outlook of these events is certainly the comparison of police response to other gatherings throughout the country. There's no need to even look beyond the current atmosphere of college campuses and how peaceful protests are seemingly turned into expositions of violence when those who are protesting are unarmed and their only weapons used are words. When looking back at significant moments like the BLM protests, it becomes painfully clear that the motivation for police to use violence against such gatherings is brought about by extreme rhetoric while observing the clear lack of weaponization of those crowds. This film made it crystal clear from the moment of the early morning gatherings of these traitors that they were armed and arrived with death and violence at the forefront of their agendas. Strength in numbers seems to be an allergy the police on that day couldn't seemingly overcome.

This is not to say one should not feel anything for these officers who were there to protect our Capital and Democracy itself. These individuals are heroes and there is no taking away from that. It is merely an eye opening looking into how the difference scenarios can lead to polar opposite outcomes, all stemming from who exactly it is that they are pitted up against. There should be zero doubt for any viewer that if the mob of traitors that showed up on this day looked entirely different, yet arrived with the same weapons and intent, the outcome would have played out entirely different and it would have never have escalated to the level of assault that happened.

With those takeaways in mind, the harsh reality of it all is that there is a group of people in this country who are susceptible to the most blatant disinformation and lies. In an age of facts being readily available it's extremely unfortunate that any individual would openly choose to keep themselves uneducated and locked away from reality. When you purposely cherry pick data to fit within the confines of your personal belief system, you are creating a disservice for yourself more than anyone else. Unfortunately, there are way too many examples of this selective reality that folks choose to live within, and it doesn't seem like that is changing anytime soon. If anything, it is only leaning further into the opposite direction.

For any of those who contemplate this day was nothing more than a "peaceful gathering" of protestors, I implore you to stop living within your ignorance bubbles and expose yourself to the facts and reality. Educating yourself should be a prime directive in life and shouldn't be something you look at as an inconvenience. People died on this day and people are still suffering from mental issues because of it. Democracy and America itself were both threatened in the name of false narratives. There is no fictional tale you can tell to change those facts.