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When a City Falls

When a City Falls

2011 106min EN

2010 on the Canterbury Plains and all is well. Lambs, blue skies and daffodils. In Cathedral Square choir boys sing to their God. Punts push new season's tourists along the Avon. They photograph the 'Garden city'; the 'most English city outside of England'. We get hit with a 7.1 earthquake. We stand up, wave our fists at the heavens and compliment ourselves on our ability to recover. And then we get hit even harder. Now the city has fallen. Many are dead. Many injured. Many narrowly escape. A fragile people reappear in the following days. We have learnt from the first earthquake and once again a response is growing. Once again adrenaline is taking over. Now the whole country is rallying for Christchurch. It's the energy of the people that's unprecedented. Communities are rising from the sand. People are holding tight to each other. A year later and the quakes keep rolling. Now the Canterbury earthquakes are the most ever quakes recorded in a series. And we're still counting....

director: Gerard Smyth

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Credits

Tiki Tane

Tiki Tane

Original Music Composer

Alice Shannon

Alice Shannon

Producer

Richard Nunns

Richard Nunns

Musician

Paul Swadel

Paul Swadel

Executive Producer

Clare Brody

Clare Brody

Data Wrangler

Ben Edwards

Ben Edwards

Music Director

Jennifer Dutton

Jennifer Dutton

Production Assistant

Tiki Taane

Tiki Taane

Musician

Michael Hedges

Michael Hedges

Sound Mixer

Joyce Kamille Cristal

Joyce Kamille Cristal

Data Wrangler

Ken Sparks

Ken Sparks

Editor

Jeannie Yeung

Jeannie Yeung

Data Wrangler

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