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Andes Museum 1972 Mauro F. Montaño L | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Oscar contender Society of the Snow tells the horrific story of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes. Journalist Kelly Candaele considers what the new film—and the real events it is based on—can tell us about suffering, death, God, and the elemental will to live. A small red shoe recovered from the plane wreckage. Courtesy of Andes Museum 1972. Mauro F. Montaño.