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The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022) — watch online on iFILM. Rory Kennedy's documentary about what happened on December 9, 2019, when the Whakaari volcano off New Zealand's coast erupted while tourists were on the island.
Twenty-two people did not survive. The ones who did were pulled out by charter boat crews, helicopter pilots, and bystanders who went back into an active eruption zone without knowing whether a second blast was coming. Kennedy tells the story through direct interviews with survivors and rescuers — no dramatic re-enactments, no score telling you how to feel.
Kennedy has spent decades making documentary films about difficult real-world events. The film does not frame this as a story about resilience in the abstract — it stays with the specific hour, the specific decisions, the people who were there. New Zealand/United States co-production. Stream The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari online on iFILM.
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