Alive: 20 Years.

• Author: Rothenberg, Robert S.

On Oct. 12, 1972, a plane carrying members of a Uruguyan rugby team, relatives, and friends crashed on a snowy peak in the Andes. Of the 45 aboard, 35 lived through the crash, but only 16 subsequently survived, 19 others succumbing to wounds, despair, and an avalanche that struck the wreckage a few weeks later. What made their story unique and a matter of worldwide attention was that the survivors ultimately resorted to cannibalism to get them through their ordeal.

This documentary combines interviews with the survivors two decades after the...