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Murky Skies
In 1992 a Boeing 747 cargo flight from JFK to Tel Aviv, on a stop off in Amsterdam, crashed into an apartment block in the Bijlmer, an immigrants’ neighborhood, shortly after take-off, claiming dozens of lives and injuring many others. The official story is that a technical failure occurred after take-off. But in the weeks that follow the crash, while the media and the public focus on the victims and the survivors, an unseen drama begins to take shape in the background.
This was just the beginning. In the three decades that have passed, the truth has yet to be unearthed from the mountains of lost evidence, covert operations, financial corruption and political whitewashing.
The story continues with a present-day attempt to reinvestigate the story, with newly obtained materials from thawed archives, inside sources, characters and unseen footage.
Director: Noam Pinchas
Producer: Noam Pinchas
Production Company: Laughing Buddha Films, Saxonia entertainment, Dogwoof
Cinematographer: Tomer Slutzky
Editor: Maya Stark, Doody Oren, Noam Pinchas
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel, SoundAround
Original Soundtrack: Gal Lev
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, HOT8, Israeli Lottery, ARTE/ZDF, VPRO
Colourist / Online Editor: Assaf Arviv
Visual Effects: Studio JEWBOY, Yaron Shin with Zohar Yosifun
Script: Noam Pinchas
Distributor: Dogwoof
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: שמיים אפלים
Category: Economy / Environment / Health / History / Human Rights / Immigration / Industry / International Stories / Minorities
Tag Words: 747 Amsterdam Bijlmer Boeing Chemical weapons conspiracy Corruption cover-up crash EL AL Immigrants Immigrants Neighborhood Israel JFK military cargo mystery pilot Political Whitewashing the Netherlands tragedy
In 1992 a Boeing 747 cargo flight from JFK to Tel Aviv, on a stop off in Amsterdam, crashed into an apartment block in the Bijlmer, an immigrants’ neighborhood, shortly after take-off, claiming dozens of lives and injuring many others. The official story is that a technical failure occurred after take-off. But in the weeks that follow the crash, while the media and the public focus on the victims and the survivors, an unseen drama begins to take shape in the background.
This was just the beginning. In the three decades that have passed, the truth has yet to be unearthed from the mountains of lost evidence, covert operations, financial corruption and political whitewashing.
The story continues with a present-day attempt to reinvestigate the story, with newly obtained materials from thawed archives, inside sources, characters and unseen footage.
Director: Noam Pinchas
Producer: Noam Pinchas
Production Company: Laughing Buddha Films, Saxonia entertainment, Dogwoof
Cinematographer: Tomer Slutzky
Editor: Maya Stark, Doody Oren, Noam Pinchas
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel, SoundAround
Original Soundtrack: Gal Lev
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, HOT8, Israeli Lottery, ARTE/ZDF, VPRO
Colourist / Online Editor: Assaf Arviv
Visual Effects: Studio JEWBOY, Yaron Shin with Zohar Yosifun
Script: Noam Pinchas
Distributor: Dogwoof
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: שמיים אפלים
Category: Economy / Environment / Health / History / Human Rights / Immigration / Industry / International Stories / Minorities
Tag Words: 747 Amsterdam Bijlmer Boeing Chemical weapons conspiracy Corruption cover-up crash EL AL Immigrants Immigrants Neighborhood Israel JFK military cargo mystery pilot Political Whitewashing the Netherlands tragedy