Following the devastating 2015 fire at the Colectiv nightclub in Romania, Collective director Alexander Nanau set out to undercover why the victims of the fire were dying at alarming rates months after the incident.
What he uncovered was a deep network of corruption.“It continued to shock us. I understood pretty early that we are really assisting in Hannah Arendt’s banality of evil at every level of the system,” said Nanau during Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees virtual event.The documentary has earned Oscar nominations for both Documentary Feature and Best International Feature.From Magnolia Pictures and Participant, the documentary follows a team of investigative journalists as they uncover shocking, widespread corruption.
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