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 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. Critical 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." References External links History.com AMS Pictures.com Nando Parrado's website http://www.alpineexpeditions.net/andes-survivors.html Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Mountaineering films 2010 television films 2010 films 1972 in Chile American aviation films History (American TV channel) original programming American films based on actual events Films about aviation accidents or incidents 2010 documentary films 2010s American films