Romania/Luxembourg | 2019 | Alexander Nanau

Romania’s official entry for Best Int’l Feature Film at the 2021 Academy Awards is a gripping nonfiction thriller that serves as a potent paean to investigative journalism. In the movie, whistleblowers, newspaper reporters, government officials, and burn victims help to uncover deadly corruption within Romania’s healthcare industry in the wake of 2015’s Colectiv nightclub fire. (The Bucharest catastrophe killed or injured over 200 people.) “A full on masterpiece.” –Rolling Stone. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 109 min.

Collective, a Cinematheque streaming exclusive, can be viewed online from 2/11 thru at least 4/29 via the link below. (Doing so supports the Cinematheque.) Screening fee is $12, and after opening the film, you have 72 hours to watch it. 

https://watch.eventive.org/collective/play/5fa9a7d0718be40095f9967c