Canada rebukes Netflix over disaster footage in Bird Box

Streaming service told to compensate victims of the real-life train wreck shown in the horror movie

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Sandra Bullock plays a mother who must wear a blindfold while protecting her children from supernatural beings
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Lawmakers in Canada have called on Netflix to compensate victims of a rail disaster in Quebec after the streaming service used real footage of the crash in its film Bird Box.

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