This Is Not An Accident
Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident (French: Lac-Mégantic : ceci n’est pas un accident) is a Canadian documentary television series, directed by Philippe Falardeau and released in 2023.
The series centres on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, profiling both the bureaucratic failures that allowed the disaster to happen and the regulatory inaction that has hampered efforts to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.
The series premiered at the 2023 Canneseries festival, and was screened at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, in advance of its television premiere on May 2, 2023, on Vidéotron's Vrai streaming platform for documentaries.
Awards
At Hot Docs, the series was the winner of the Hot Docs Audience Award.
Critical response
Andrew Parker of TheGATE.ca praised the series, writing that Falardeau "masterfully paces everything and finds every possible piece necessary to form a comprehensive picture of grief, corporate malfeasance, and governmental shortcomings that protect corporations more than they do everyday citizens."
References
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