Shocking Netflix documentary about volcanic eruption in New Zealand – El Sudcaliforniano

La Paz, Baja California Sur. (OEM-Informex).- Netflix continues to surprise its subscribers with content coming to the platform to increase its catalog of the best movies, series and shorts. The most recent event was the premiere of the documentary ‘The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari’ (El Volcán: Rescate en Whakaari in Spanish) directed by Rory Kennedy.

The Oscar-nominated director explores the stories of the survivors and rescuers of the deadly 2019 volcanic eruption in New Zealand, among the top 10 most-watched locations on Netflix Mexico.

What’s surprising about this production are the narratives that frame the story with sources like interviews, exclusive footage captured by eyewitnesses. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is on the main production team. Films that already give people something to talk about are part of a small tourism island.

Volcanic turbulence

Some of the dramatic events documented about the eruption in December 2019 are how toxic gases affected around 50 tourists at the site and nearly half of the population lost their lives, some due to the effects of the volcanic eruption. and others due to burns.

Rory Kennedy is not reserved for this production because he has a lot of experience as a documentary filmmaker, and Apollo 13 director Ron Howard is also involved. For almost two hours, The Volcano: Rescue from Wakkari documents a natural disaster that is an adventure that turns into a disturbing experience.

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If you don’t have many plans this Christmas, it’s a great way to learn about this event that changed the course of the island and the true story of the White Island volcano, which erupted for the first time since 2001. Due to the judicial action faced by the owners of Vaccari Island, no visitors came again.