Taking back our town
by Sam Pillsburry, 2001
with Laura Innes and Ruby Dee
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.
Laura Innes plays Pat Melancon.
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