Tower (2016) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2016 · 96 min · English

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Directed by

Keith Maitland

In 1966, a sniper’s deadly rampage shocked the University of Texas campus. As the tower's elevator carried fear upwards, lives were suspended in a precarious balance during 96 agonizing minutes. The film combines archival footage with rotoscopic animation to present the firsthand accounts of heroes and survivors. It reenacts the tragic events and explores the aftermath, examining humanity's capacity for both destruction and resilience, and forever changing the campus and the nation.