I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash

I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash is a 2010 television documentary recounting the tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 from the perspective of survivor Nando Parrado. It is a 2-hour special with reenactments of the October 13, 1972 crash and the 72-day struggle for survival that followed, including details of the 37 mi trek out of the mountains by Parrado and fellow survivor Roberto Canessa. I Am Alive was produced by AMS Pictures and premiered on the History Channel on October 20, 2010. It was released for DVD on February 22, 2011.

Survivor interviews

 * Nando Parrado
 * Roberto Canessa
 * Carlitos Paez
 * Eduardo Strauch
 * Gustavo Zerbino

Cast

 * James Lentzsch as Nando Parrado
 * Benjamin Josse as Roberto Canessa
 * Kelly Haitz as Susy Parrado
 * Cindy Latch as Zenia Parrado
 * Vince Roberts as Carlitos Paez
 * Dorian Roberts as Eduardo Strauch
 * Everette Scott Ortiz as Gustavo Zerbino
 * Ben Keyworth as Marcelo Perez
 * Heather Child as Liliana Methol
 * Mark T. Lee as Javier Methol
 * Alfred Ramirez as Panchito Abal
 * Taylor Witt as Antonio Vizintin
 * Larry Rodriguez as Col. Julio Fernandez
 * Tim Wylie as Lt. Col. Dante Lagurara
 * Grayson Howe as Numa Turcatti
 * Daniel Cruz as Bobby Francois
 * Lico Reyes as Sergio Catalan

Reception
Critic Linda Stasi of the New York Post awarded I Am Alive four stars, calling it "without question the finest survival documentary I have ever seen on TV."