“Collective” to Win the 2021 Oscar for Best Documentary
A documentary in the style of a “detective story” is running for the win of the most prestigious Movie Academy Award
“Collective” is a Magnolia Pictures and Participant production, directed by Alexander Nanau, Bernard Michaux, Hanka Kastelicová, Bianca Oana. (source: variety.com)
Let’s Remember the Facts
The Colectiv nightclub fire was a tragic event in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 October 2015, which killed 64 people (26 on-site, 38 in hospitals) and injured 146.
The fire, the worst incident in Romania since the Balotești plane crash, occurred during a free concert performed by the metalcore band Goodbye to Gravity to celebrate the release of their new album.
The band’s pyrotechnics, consisting of sparkler firework candles, ignited the club’s flammable polyurethane acoustic foam, and the fire spread rapidly.
Most of the victims were poisoned by toxins released from the burning foam. They actually died suffocated, before even being able to reach the exit doors, which were claimed to have not been enough for people to rapidly exit in case of an alarm.
