OKC Thunder's Isaiah Hartenstein's film explores OKC bombing's legacy

Isaiah Hartenstein was born three years after and half a continent away from the April 19, 1995, blast that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Still, the Oklahoma City bombing — in an indirect but very real way — has changed the OKC Thunder center's life.

"When I signed here two summers ago, Sam Presti took us to the (Oklahoma City National) Memorial, and just going through there and just seeing how the city responded really changed my mind about what it is to really give back," Hartenstein told The Oklahoman. "It definitely had a huge impact on my life, and I just wanted to make sure I could share with people — for a new generation in Oklahoma City that maybe doesn't know that much about it, but then also for people around the world. " So, the Portland, Oregon-born German American NBA star tried something he'd never done before, executive producing the powerful new short documentary “The Oklahoma Standard" through his Hartenstein Foundation .

"Coming here, I didn't really know so much about it, and it really helped change my perspective," Hartenstein said. "That was our biggest goal, just educating people on the Oklahoma Standard , just helping people maybe change their views a little bit on giving back. That's definitely important to me, but then also just showing people how great Oklahoma City is.

" How can fans see Isaiah Hartenstein's new Oklahoma City bombing short documentary? On Sunday, the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum will host the 31st Annual Remembrance Ceremony to honor those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever by the events of April 19, 1995 . It was on that day in downtown Oklahoma City that a truck bomb parked outside the Murrah Building detonated at 9:02 a.