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Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident

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Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident (French: Lac-Mégantic : ceci n’est pas un accident) is a Canadian documentary television series, directed by Philippe Falardeau and released in 2023.[1] The series centres on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, profiling both the bureaucratic failures that allowed the disaster to happen and the regulatory inaction that has hampered efforts to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.[2]

The series premiered at the 2023 Canneseries festival,[3] and was screened at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[4] in advance of its television premiere on May 2, 2023, on Vidéotron's Vrai streaming platform for documentaries.[2]

Awards

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At Hot Docs, the series was the winner of the Hot Docs Audience Award.[5]

Critical response

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Andrew Parker of TheGATE.ca praised the series, writing that Falardeau "masterfully paces everything and finds every possible piece necessary to form a comprehensive picture of grief, corporate malfeasance, and governmental shortcomings that protect corporations more than they do everyday citizens."[6]

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