Amazon takes on The Challenge again
Amazon Prime Video has ordered a second instalment of its Spanish terrorism docuseries El Desafío (The Challenge) from local prodco Par Producciones.
El Desafío: 11M will focus on the 2004 Madrid train bombings, known as the 11M attacks, which killed 191 people in the Spanish capital on March 11.
The docuseries follows last year’s El Desafío: ETA, about the Basque separatist group, another Amazon original from Par Producciones.
The new 4×60’ series will be directed by Carlos Agulló, known for 2013 doc Plot for Peace, which examined the fall of apartheid in South Africa.
According to the producers, El Desafío: 11M will be the first docuseries to address the attack. It will focus on the emergency services’ efforts to rescue people and the acts of everyday people that saved lives.