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Sole Survivor (working title)

Sole Survivor (working title)

Synopsis

Passion Pictures (Passion Docs) is producing a feature-length documentary about Air India Flight 171 that crashed on June 12, 2025. We are working closely with some of the families impacted by the tragedy to tell the story of what happened that day and what life has been like since.

Details

Year
2027
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Director
James Jones
Producer
Nikkita Punia
Executive Producer
Hamish Fergusson, Will Anderson
Editor
Chris Nicholls
Director of Photography
Duncan Stingemore
Composer
Uno Helmersson
Head of Production
Charlotte Howard Van-Gool
Senior Production Executive
Tom Cross
Line Producer
Sarah Cooper
Junior Production Manager
Shebani Walia

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