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The Newburgh Sting2014 PEABODY AWARD
2015 EMMY NOMINATION OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM 2014 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION SILVERDOCS TV—14 | 60 MIN | 2014 | HD Just 60 miles north of New York City sits the poverty-stricken 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. But once the men were on board, their leader, who doubled as an FBI undercover agent, led them straight to the authorities. Their arrest was hailed as a national victory in the war on terror. Using never-before-seen footage from hidden cameras, David Heilbroner and Kate Davis investigate just what homegrown terrorism truly means in this shocking and galvanizing exposéis DIRECTED BY: KATE DAVIS PRODUCED BY: DAVID HEILBRONER WEBSITE: THENEWBURGHSTING.COM |
"Very persuasive...disturbing" — The New York Times
"Passionate....powerful...artful..." — The Wall Street Journal