Yahoo News Netflix won't remove Bird Box real-life disaster footage after backlash
Netflix has received a backlash for using footage from a real-life disaster in its movie Bird Box, though has said that the clip will remain in the film.
The streaming giant confirmed that footage from the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in Canada was used in a scene depicting an apocalyptic scenario at the start of the movie.
The tragedy occurred in 2013, with over 40 people losing their lives after a train carrying crude oil derailed in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic.
The town's mayor, Julie Morin, criticised Netflix for using the footage, telling local press (via Deadline): "You can be sure we are going to follow up on this, and our citizens are on our side."
However, Netflix said it would not be removed (via BBC), and Digital Spy has reached out to the company for further comment.
Bird Box isn't the only production to use footage from the disaster, as it was revealed earlier this week that TV series Travelers also did the same.
The show's production company Peacock Alley Entertainment said it had acquired the footage from vendor Pond 5 and that they "weren't aware of its specific source".
However, they apologised and said they did not mean to dishonour the tragic event, adding that they would be replacing the footage in the show.
Pond 5 told the BBC that the footage was "taken out of context and used in entertainment programming", though apologised "to anyone who was offended, especially the victims and their families".
Netflix also recently came under fire for using images from a real-life train crash in Belgium in its movie Death Note.
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