Taking Back Our Town (2001)

A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a plant in her toxic township already known as "cancer alley". Pat and a few newly recruited, fledgling activitsts face the full force of Shintech's wealth and influence peddling, which has bought the cooperation of the government from the local level all the way up to the Governor's office.

Released

2001-12-10

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

Runtime

90 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Sam Pillsbury

TMDB rating

4.0/10 from 2 votes