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The film premiered on HBO Canada and Crave on September 11, 2018, [1] and was the channel's highest-rated broadcast of 2018. [3] It received follow-up screenings at selected film festivals, winning the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival in Sudbury, Ontario. [3]
The Day the World Came to Town opens with a history of the town and an explanation of the strategic military and commercial importance of Gander International Airport. On September 11, DeFede reports that Gander, with a population of approximately 10,000, accepted 38 previously unscheduled planes carrying approximately 6,800 passengers and crew, most of whom were stranded there until U.S ...
Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada, played host to 38 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon.. Operation Yellow Ribbon (French: Opération ruban jaune) was commenced by Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001 in the United States.
And, in the ensuing decades, numerous documentaries and feature films have explored the events before, during and after what has become collectively known as 9/11. Today marks the 23rd anniversary ...
In the two decades since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, films have reflected on that tragic day, honored the victims and recognized the heroes who risked their lives to save others. While the footage ...
Come from Away is a musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.It is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying approximately 7,000 passengers, were ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport.
CNN will air "9/11: Fifteen Years Later" twice starting at 8 p.m. on Sept. 11. A limited amount of new material will be available on the CNN Films website, but the archive will take time to build out.
Diverted is a 2009 CBC made-for-TV miniseries. The film was directed by Alex Chapple based on the screenplay by Tony Marchant. Diverted is a fictionalized account inspired by what actually happened to the people of Gander, Newfoundland, and the passengers and crews on the airliners diverted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during the 9/11 attacks in Operation Yellow Ribbon.