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Air India 182
Sturla Gunnarsson 2008
Categories: Special Presentations
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Run time: 100 min. | Canada | Language: English
On June 22, 1985, Air India 182 left Montreal, bound for Delhi. It never made it. Four hours after takeoff, a bomb ripped through the baggage compartment and the plane disintegrated, killing all 329 people, mostly Canadians, on board. The bombing was the result of a Vancouver-based conspiracy, whose members were under investigation by CSIS in the preceding months. It was Canada's first devastating experience with international terrorism and, until 9/11, was the most lethal act of air terrorism in history. Air India 182 is a first-person account of the Air India conspiracy and its tragic aftermath, as told by those directly involved. They include family members, investigators, airport personnel and rescue workers. Together, they reconstruct the final weeks, days and hours before the flight disappeared off the radar screens and their lives were changed forever. Sturla Gunnarsson, one of Canada's preeminent filmmakers, presents these events with restraint and respect.
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9:30 PM     Thu, Apr 17
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1:30 PM     Fri, Apr 18 Isabel Bader + add to cal buy tickets
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director
Sturla Gunnarsson
writer
Sturla Gunnarson
 
producer
David York
Sturla Gunnarsson
composer
Jonathan Goldsmith
cinematographer
Kirk Tougas
Tony Westman
editor
Nick Hector
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Rated 4.0/5 Stars
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History for a country that tends to ignore its history. This film works not only by maintaining its focus on what actually happened that day, but also from the direct and powerful interviews with those involved. The dramatic re-enactments don't always work as well (they have a strange faith that jittery camerawork somehow conveys docu-authenticity) but they do flesh out some moments well.
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