Independent Lens . STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors

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THE MAKING OF

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The Uruguayan college athletes were barely 20 years old when their chartered plane crashed high in the Andes Mountains. For 72 days, the survivors battled freezing cold, avalanches and starvation as their numbers dwindled from 29 to 16.

STRANDED is their story—a parable of human survival and extreme measures—as a group of young men break society’s greatest taboo in order to survive.

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			The Making Of: "I was about 15 years old when the plane crash happened, and it made a deep impact on me. I was very impressed when the Survivors ‘came back to life’ because I knew some of them personally.” More >>


	The Filmmakers: “Those of us watching the film probably wouldn’t be able to cope with a tenth of what happened to them. So how was this very particular group able to overcome all the difficulties?” More >>

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