2008 documentary film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson
Air India 182
is a 2008 documentary directed by
Sturla Gunnarsson
,
[1]
and produced by David York. It is about the
Air India Flight 182
bombing in 1985. The
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
commissioned the film, which originally had the preliminary title
Flight 182
.
[2]
Gunarsson stated that he hoped the film would cause Canadians to contemplate
domestic terrorism
.
[1]
The film includes interviews from family members of the deceased,
[1]
and other figures, including
Ujjal Dosanjh
,
Eisha Marjara
,
[3]
Lata Pada
,
[1]
and
Renee Sarojini Saklikar
.
[4]
One of the associate producers, Judy Koonar, is Gunarsson's wife and of Punjabi origin.
[5]
The color
white
represents death in the Indian cultures, so the interviews were screened on a white background. The film also incorporates transcripts, re-enactments, and documents related to the case.
[6]
The film premiered at the
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
in April 2008, and in June of that year it was screened at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver.
Dave Hayer
attended the Vancouver screening. The CBC planned to air the documentary on June 22 with no commercials.
[7]
Gunarsson argued that there were Sikh victims and therefore, as paraphrased by Charlie Smith of
The Georgia Straight
, "this wasn't a case of Sikhs attacking Hindus, because there were Sikh passengers."
[1]
Smith argued that the conclusion about the sectarian nature was opposite of that made by
The Sorrow and the Terror: The Haunting Legacy of the Air India Tragedy
.
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Cast
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Amateur actors play the victims and family members.
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Reception
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Monika Bartyzel of
Moviefone
wrote that the recreations added to the film because they "keep the story clear" and add "tangible [scenes that make the film] real".
[6]
She added that the scenes "[allow the audience] to become more intimately familiar with each person ? terrorist, victim, and official ? in a way that flushes out their stories."
[6]
The film was shortlisted for the
Donald Brittain Award
for Best Social or Political Documentary
[8]
and won the Best Documentary Editing Award
[9]
at the
24th Gemini Awards
and the inaugural Director's Guild of Canada's Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary in 2009.
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References
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Smith, Charlie. "
Terror of Air India Flight 182 comes to small screen
".
The Georgia Straight
. June 18, 2008. Retrieved on October 29, 2014.
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CBC commissions documentary on Air India tragedy
, CBC Arts, 21 June 2007.
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"
Air India 182 Press Kit
" (
Archive
).
Air India 182
(film) official website. p. 11/12. Retrieved on October 22, 2014.
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"
Air India 182 Press Kit
" (
Archive
).
Air India 182
(film) official website. p. 10/12. Retrieved on October 22, 2014.
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a
b
Cole, Stephen. "
The CBC docudrama Air India 182 is a startling reconstruction of a national tragedy
" (
Archive
).
CBC News
. June 18, 2008. Retrieved on November 21, 2014.
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a
b
c
Bartyzel, Monika. "
Hot Docs Review: Air India 182
" (
Archive
).
Moviefone
. April 22, 2008. Retrieved on November 21, 2014.
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"
Air India documentary moves audience to tears
" (
Archive
).
The Vancouver Sun
at
Canada.com
. June 15, 2008. Retrieved on November 21, 2014.
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Glen Schaefer, "Geminis find Sanctuary in Vancouver-filmed fantasy series; Erin Karpluk, Gabrielle Miller also on list".
The Province
, August 26, 2009.
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"Gemini Awards (2009)"
.
IMDb
.
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"Skogland on top at DGCS"
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