Lac-Megantic footage in 'Bird Box' prompts scolding from Quebec minister

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Quebec's culture minister has penned a letter to Netflix's CEO to express the government's outrage over the streaming service's decision to include footage from the Lac-Megantic rail disaster in its movie 'Bird Box.'

 

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If the minister hadn’t whined about it people would have never known.. not like there was a giant sign on that scene to identify where it was ffs

It's Quebec.... Who cares

I don’t get why people are surprised that it could upset families and friends of the victims. You can agree or not agree, but don’t be an ass about it

This can only lead to one thing. Claims of racism by hiring white actors in a faked explosion, for a movie...

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