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Taking Back Our Town (2001)
Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Overview
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Laura Innes | Ruby Dee | Chris Bauer | Myndy Crist | Hallee Hirsh | Alyson Reed | Wendy Davis | Kate Norby | Davenia McFadden | Virginia Capers | Finn Carter | Keith Szarabajka | Garrett M. Brown | Randle Mell | John DiMaggio | Paul Vincent O'Connor | Jake Fritz | Jesse Littlejohn | Debra Christofferson | Douglas Dirkson | Austin Tichenor | Joy DeMichelle | Jim Abele | Terry Anzur | Christopher Curry | Joe O'Connor | Leonard Kelly-Young | Larkin Campbell | Kiosha Lee