When we think about the U.S. Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, we mostly think of clips.

The president said something to the effect of, I'm the effing president. Take me up to the capital now.

This could have been the spark that started a new civil war. I saw friends with blood all over their faces.

I was slipping in people's blood.

The House Committee investigating the events of that day have poured through thousands of hours of these videos.

But during the hearings, the public also got a sneak preview of even more moments caught on tape.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president

of the United States of America.

President Donald J. Trump!

But this time,

from a documentary that tells the events of January 6th,

from the side of Donald Trump.

I'm Gustavo Arellano. You're listening to The Times, Daily News from the LA Times.

It's Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

Today, we're talking with documentary filmmaker Alex Holder. his movie unprecedented, aired this month on Discovery

Plus, and it gave us an inside view into the Trump organization right when January 6 was happening.

Alex, welcome the Times.

Lovely to be with you.

So the whole country has watched these hearings for weeks, but how does it feel to have your

film and your testimony be part of

this historic investigation? Well, it is absolutely fascinating, and I think that at the end of the day,

what we did is we recorded history, right? We were in the room of the most significant moments

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