Flint: The Poisoning of an American City
Catalogue Number: 509016
Producer: Five Oh Nine Pictures Inc
Subject: American History, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, Health and Medicine, History, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2019
Running Time: 85:45
Flint: The Poisoning of an American City explores the critical question of how 100,000 people in the United States could be poisoned by their own state. The film intersperses interviews with area residents and experts in lead and water with testimony at congressional oversight committee hearings. Flint serves as a warning for the rest of the country. This documentary educates and inspires action, seeking to radically change how we view and value water.
WINNER: Susan A. K. Shaffer Humanitarian Award: Won at the Beaufort International Film Festival.
WINNER: Frank Little Award for Self Sacrifice and Social Change: Won at the Covellite International Film Festival prior to its official world premiere.
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