During a routine day trip to Whakaari / White Island, 47 tourists and guides are trapped when the volcano erupts without warning, in a minute-by-minute account of the 2019 disaster that claimed 22 lives.
▶ Watch on Netflix 🔍 Find more docsDirector Rory Kennedy relies almost entirely on the tourists' own phone footage, captured as the eruption happened, which makes this one of the more visceral disaster documentaries in the catalogue — you're watching the event through the eyes of the people living it, not a reconstruction.
If The Volcano's focus on ordinary people turned rescuers appealed, Death Without Mercy and Fire in Paradise cover that same theme of civilians stepping up when official help is too slow or absent.
| Region | Available | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | ✅ | Netflix |
| Australia | ✅ | Netflix |
| United States | ✅ | Netflix |
| United Kingdom | ✅ | Netflix |
| Canada | ✅ | Netflix |
| Ireland | ✅ | Netflix |
