Taking Back Our Town

Taking Back Our Town (2001)

Sometimes ordinary women become heroes.

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.

Date of release
2001-12-10
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Sam Pillsbury

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