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The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Documentary · 2025
In May 2011, a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri. With pulse-pounding firsthand footage, this documentary goes inside a deadly twister.
The sides of The Twister: Caught in the Storm
- The May 2011 Joplin tornado
- Phone footage filmed by people inside it
- Survivors looking back
The Twister: Caught in the Storm is good for you if…
- you want to hear Joplin survivors tell their own story.
- you can take footage filmed from inside the storm as it hits.
The Twister: Caught in the Storm is bad for you if…
- you find real deaths and grief too much for a night in.
- you want polished, composed images. Much of it is shaky phone footage.
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