Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


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.
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“Sometimes ordinary women become heroes.”

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Hallee Hirsh
Catherine Melancon