Come from Away (2021)

Directed by

Christopher Ashley

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmed stage musical about 7,000 airline passengers stranded in a small Canadian town after the 9/11 attacks. The locals welcome and shelter them, turning a crisis into a story of human kindness.

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What happens

Come from Away is a 2021 musical film comprising a live stage recording of Irene Sankoff and David Hein's 2017 musical of the same name, which tells the true story of 7,000 airline passengers who were stranded in the small town of Gander in Newfoundland, where they were housed and welcomed, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The film, produced in response to the shutdown of Broadway caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, was directed by Christopher Ashley and filmed in front of an audience that included frontline workers and 9/11 survivors in May 2021 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City, featuring members of the 2021 Broadway cast. The film was released on Apple TV+ on September 10, 2021, a day before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It received highly positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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