The newburgh sting 2014 this is an absolutely riveting, mustsee hbo documentary directed and edited by kate david and david heilbroner about four men accused in 2009 of plotting to carry out a terrorist plot. Beginning in 2008, an fbi informant, shaheed hussain, recorded hours of conversations with the men who were ultimately arrested and convicted of planting three nonfunctional bombs next to two synagogues in riverdale, bronx and. Kate davis they codirected stonewall uprising 2010, the first nonfiction film to tell the. The newburgh sting, an hbo documentary, makes extensive use of f. Hbo documentary films has picked up all us and international television rights to the newburgh sting from directors kate davis and david heilbroner. The newburgh sting is an example of investigative documentary filmmaking at its utterly finest.
On may 20, 2009, four muslim men from upstate newburgh were arrested by the fbi and charged with plotting to bomb two jewish synagogues. The newburgh sting, on hbo, about bronx bomb plot the. A documentary about issues that are complex enough that the angle. Imam muhammads past sermon condemnations as a sunni prison pastor of shiite muslims as infiltrators and snitches indicates the dangerous radicalism present in. 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 film places this case in the context of an overall national strategy of phony investigations and prosecutions of supposed terrorists extremely expensive 1984type propaganda fed to a blinded american audience. Hbo decided to air newburgh sting after it showed at the tribeca film festival last year. The newburgh sting 2014 following an fbi sting operation, four muslim men from newburgh, n. Hbo films acquires post911 terrorism doc the newburgh.
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 2009 with plotting to blow up air. The newburgh sting 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The newburgh sting 2014 is a documentary film about the federal bureau of investigations sting operation on four muslim men involved in the 2009 bronx terrorism plot. 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 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 sting has had a substantial impact through an extensive screening campaign across the country at law schools, community centers and with muslim advocacy groups. Filmmakers kate davis and david heilbroner discuss their new documentary the newburgh sting, which covers the fbi investigation and conviction of four american men for plotting an act of domestic. We all know that the us government uses money and other lures to coax young minor criminals who have no prospects and. The film builds a credible circumstantial case for the entrapment defense. The newburgh sting is a 2014 documentary film about the federal bureau of investigations sting operation on four muslim. Hbo documentary films seizes newburgh sting before its. The newburgh sting documentary film about the federal bureau of investigations sting operation on four muslim men involved in the 2009. 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.
For detailed information, go to the newburgh sting will be shown on hbo in july. The real newburgh sting on july 21st, hbo will premiere. Before its july 21, 2014 premier on the cable channel, the actors studio hosted a screening of the. But their leader, a suspicious pakistani businessman planted by the government as an informant, led these men straight into the hands of the authorities. 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. The newburgh sting premieres monday, july 21 at 9pm, only on hbo. 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 film also shows the immense poverty faced by the residents of newburgh, including the four men caught in the sting operation. Just 60 miles north of new york city sits the povertystricken town of newburgh, where, in 2009, four men were arrested for a plan to bomb two jewish centers in the bronx. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a swat team and fbi aircraft, played. Post film discussion with director david helibroner will be moderated by doug fabrizio, host of kuers radiowest. 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 newburgh sting 2014 tribeca film festival tribeca. The newburgh sting online stream the newburgh sting gratis. 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. I am eagerly awaiting the full story via this documentary. Those are the questions the newburgh sting, an hbo documentary premiering monday at 9 p.
Premiering at the 2014 tribeca film festival in april, this hbodistributed documentary details the backgrounds of four men that the federal bureau of. Hbo documentary films has picked up doc the newburgh sting ahead of the movies world premiere at the 2014 tribeca film festival. 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. The 2014 tribeca film festival runs through sunday, april 27, all over the city. The newburgh sting and the fbis production of the domestic terrorism threat john mueller duration. The newburgh sting s depiction of a benign islam whose adherents merely turn to violence due to poverty and suffer unjust government scrutiny thus conceals a deadly reality. Through an absorbing, insider look at the case of the newburgh four, this film reveals the fbis role in targeting muslim communities in poor neighborhoods and luring believers into committing acts of terrorism. Hbo acquires the newburgh sting documentary deadline. 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.
Hussain would make newburgh s muslim community famous when earlier this year four other black newburgh muslims were jailed for 25 years for a. 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. The newburgh sting is a 2014 documentary film about the federal bureau of investigations sting operation on four muslim men involved. I vaguely remember some portions of this story as it hit the news a few years back. 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.
Last week, human rights institute in conjunction with human rights watch released a report on government surveillance that mentioned this case in. Hbo doc the newburgh sting asks terrorism or entrapment. This reallife look at fbi counterterrorism operations features access to both sides of a sting. The newburgh sting sheds light on the reality of fbi entrapment, which many americans in addition to the newburgh four, are serving time for. Thats the compelling and provocative story that hbo documentaries film, the newburgh sting, by directors david heilbroner and kate davis, wants to tell, and does, in cinematic fashion. Denna dokumentarfilm av kate davis och david heilbroner om ett okant brottsmal avslojar hur fbi ofta riktar in sig pa muslimska grupper i. As told by the defendants, lawyers, local imams and a former career fbi agent, the film depicts how four men living at the margins of society were entrapped by an. Schnepf 17, pace law school on tuesday february 3, 2015, some of my classmates and i attended the newburgh sting event an event our professors had encouraged us to attend, assuring us it would be a great time. The arrest was described by the documentary as having been. Richard french talks to the codirector of an upcoming hbo documentary on homegrown terrorists. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. City sits the povertystricken town of newburgh, where, in 2009, four men. En tankevekkende eksponering av en notorisk sak som avslorer hvordan fbi ofte bruker muslimske samfunn i fattige nabolag som mal.