Rory Kennedy Makes Persuasive ‘Case Against Boeing’ With Sundance Doc
variety.comAddie Morfoot ContributorIn “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” director Rory Kennedy investigates two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that occurred within five months of each other in 2018 and 2019 that killed a combined 346 people.
Guided by aviation experts, news journalists, former Boeing employees, the U.S. Congress and the families of victims, Kennedy’s Netflix doc reveals a culture of reckless cost-cutting and corporate concealment driven by Wall Street greed.
This is Kennedy’s sixth time attending Sundance with a film.You teamed with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s production house Imagine Entertainment on this project.
Did they bring this project to you or was this film your idea?It was my idea. I had been following the story and was I interested in it for a whole range of reasons, so just before the pandemic I decided to make it. What interested you about the topic?Well, we all fly, right?
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