Plot Outline: A minute-by-minute account of tourists caught in a tragic volcanic eruption while sightseeing on an island off New Zealand in 2019, THE VOLCANO: Rescue from Whakaari celebrates the survivors, as well as the everyday people who courageously came to their rescue.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Limited Theaters
Friday, December 16, 2022 Netflix
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari Plot: What's it about?
In the tense and gripping documentary feature The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy tracks the minute-by-minute unfolding of the tragic volcanic eruption off the coast of New Zealand in December of 2019, ultimately claiming 22 lives. During a routine sightseeing day-trip to a remote volcanic island, 47 tourists and guides were trapped in the epicenter of a boiling pyroclastic surge of toxic dust and ash. Both terrifying and inspiring, the film uses first-hand accounts to convey the experience of living through such a lethal eruption.
Offering more than a startling and brutal portrait of mother nature’s profound indifference, The Volcano also serves as testimony to human nature’s innate generosity. Guided by survivors — men and women who were tested in ways they never imagined — as well as the courageous and quick-thinking ordinary citizens who sprang to action that day, the viewer comes to understand the value of our human connection.
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A look at the The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Rory Kennedy previously directed Queen of Chess and Above and Beyond. The film's writer Mark Bailey penned Black Panther, The Americano and The Zenith Man.
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— The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari entered Completed status.
Awaiting release by the distributor; a release date may or may not be available.
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari Release Date: When was the film released?
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari was released in limited theaters on . One other film is opening on the same date, including I Believe in Santa. The movie was released in select theaters in major markets.
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