🎬 Documentary

Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

"A toxic secret just beneath their feet"

⭐ 8.0/10 2024 1h 52m Dir. Jamila Ephron

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Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, the film shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.

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Year
2024
Runtime
1h 52m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.0/10
Votes
2
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Jamila Ephron
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Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal has a runtime of 1h 52m (1 hour and 52 minutes).
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal was directed by Jamila Ephron and released in 2024.
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal is a Documentary film (2024).
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal has a TMDB rating of 8.0/10 based on 2 votes.

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