Man Forced His Teen Son to Help Him Build Massive Bomb for Revenge in 1980. Now, the Son Finally Tells His Story in New Doc
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By Toria Sheffield
Published on March 21, 2026.
A new documentary, "I Got Bombed at Harvey's," premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and is told through the eyes of the son of the bombmaker, Jim Birges. The film is about a 1980 plot involving a man who forced his son to build the largest booby-trapped bomb the FBI has ever encountered. The filmmakers balance propulsive storytelling with raw emotional access to their subject. They are known for their work on the Emmy-winning documentary "The Pez Outlaw" and the Netflix original feature documentary "Biophen".
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