Name: “Tower” - 1966 University of Texas Tower Shooting - Film History Livestream
Start: 2025-12-05T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-05T22:00:00-05:00

**“Tower” - 1966 University of Texas Tower Shooting - Film History Livestream - Hosted by Robert Kelleman**

We invite you to join us for a screening of “Tower”, a documentary on the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting.

Before the screening there will be a brief 15-20 minute overview of the film including historical context, plot summary, things to look for, accuracy, etc.
During and after the screening there will be an opportunity to discuss the film with your fellow participants via Zoom.

**Tower** is a 2016 American mostly-animated documentary film about the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin directed and produced by Keith Maitland.
The film follows the shooting from the perspectives of several survivors, recreating their recounts via actors filmed and later animated in rotoscoping. The film premiered on March 13, 2016, at South by Southwest, before receiving a limited release by Kino Lorber in the United States on September 28, 2016. It was later aired on television on the PBS series Independent Lens.

On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman rode the elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower in Austin, Texas and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes. When the gunshots were finally silenced, the toll included 16 dead, three dozen wounded, and a shaken nation left trying to understand what had happened. Archival footage is combined with rotoscopic animation in a dynamic, never-before-seen way to illustrate the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors.

**Tower Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary**
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k963PfUVeLQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k963PfUVeLQ)

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Your host for this program is **Robert Kelleman**, the founder/director of the non-profit community organizations New York History & Culture and Texas History & Culture.

**New York History & Culture / New York Urban Explorers**
A non-profit community organization.
*Experience the history and culture of New York City - and the world!*

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We look forward to seeing you. Thanks!

Robert Kelleman
rkelleman@yahoo.com
202-821-6325 (text only)
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkelleman/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkelleman/)

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