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Taking Back Our Town

Sometimes ordinary women become heroes.

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The Film

Taking Back Our Town

Sometimes ordinary women become heroes.

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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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90 min

Released Dec 2001
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