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A Haunting Look at Tragedy and Its Aftermath
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/18/15
Hands down the most riveting and emotional of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries (this one part of the Soccer Stories series) - and also the best one yet. The things that makes this resonate so much is the involvement of the people who stepped forward to tell their stories - both people who were there, families who dealt with the aftermath and police officers who were on the scene. You can see the emotional toll on their faces, especially as it goes beyond the tragedy itself and deals with the years of fighting for the truth and justice to finally come out. It makes one mad to know that official statements were judicially edited to place the blame of rowdy "hooligans" rather than the ineptitude of the leadership to control the situation. In 2012 - only 23 years after the event did some semblance of closure come out - though the documentary says that even today, more inquests are still going on, so even today it's not over. It makes one pause to consider the cost of a human life.
