Poisoned Lives Secrets of the Chemical Industry
Alice, Kenton, Bucky, and Rachna are the hidden victims of the chemical industry. They all grew up in either India or in the US, in towns built around plastic and pesticide factories. For a long time, their resounding success has masked the darker reality behind their practices. For several decades, their factories have secretly dumped their toxic products into rivers, groundwater systems and soil. This pollution has affected thousands, causing disabilities, cancers and death.
No one is safe: both the inhabitants of these regions and the employees of the companies have all been affected. But the chemical giants will do anything to keep these tragedies a secret. Through the analysis of samples and confidential documents, the two directors gauge the true extent of the contamination, and ultimately shed some light over years of lies and impunity. All that remains are the testimonies of the victims across the world, those whose lives have been poisoned...
Running Time
53 mins
Year
2016
Kanopy ID
1550177
Filmmakers
Languages
Subjects
Show More
Related videos
Stink! - The Dark Secrets of the Chemical Industry
"Stink!" opens with a foul smell and a pair of kids pajamas. And a single father trying to find out what that smell could possibly be. But instead of getting a straight answer, director Jon Whelan stumbles on an even bigger issue in America, which is that some products on…
Circle of Poison - Toxic American-Made Pesticides Sold Overseas
When the U.S. government bans a chemical, deeming it harmful to the health of its citizens, companies are still allowed to produce it for export only. CIRCLE OF POISON exposes this disturbing federal policy that sends a message to the world that American lives are more valuable, taking a global…
Fish Tail - Industrial Overfishing in a Small Azores Community
The impact of global industrial overfishing on a small community of fishermen in the Azores is explored in this intimate, beautiful documentary.
Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
"An insightful documentary... sheer depth of thought and rare sensitivity pulses through every…
Diverted To Delhi
An Aussie shopper phoning Coles Myer, an English housewife ringing Harrods and a New York stockbroker calling American Express all have one thing in common - their customer service queries are likely to be re-routed to India and answered by Indians impersonating local operators.
This form of outsourcing is now…
The High Cost of Cheap Gas - Fracking in South Africa
The environmental problems caused by fracking in America have been well publicised but what's less known are the gas industry's plans for expansion in other countries. This investigation, filmed in Botswana, South Africa, Alaska and North America, reveals how fracking plants are quietly invading some of the most protected places…
Company Town - Environmental Injustice, Corporate Accountability, & Community Action
In this groundbreaking investigative documentary, one man goes up against one of the nation's largest paper mill and chemical plants in a bid to save his town from sickness-causing pollution.
Official Selection at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, and the Sheffield Doc Fest.
"Trenchant, disturbing...powerful."…
Normal is Over - Innovative Solutions to Global Decline
An award-winning documentary about humanity's wisest responses to climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, income inequality, and the connection between these issues. A look at the financial and economical paradigm underlying our planetary problems, while offering various solutions to reverse the path of global decline.
Grand Educational Award, Cine Eco…
The Economics of Happiness
Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people…
It Ain't Easy Being Green - Iguana Population Growth in the Caribbean
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, green iguanas are dramatically increasing in number and spreading. The situation has left most humans and iguanas scratching their heads about how to get by in the fast-changing island environment. The film engages in a lively debate about when and where animals are welcome, and…
The Crisis of Civilization - Investigating Global Disasters
A documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system.
Weaving together archival film footage and animations, film-maker Dean Puckett, animator Lucca Benney and international security analyst Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed…
Impact Of Globalisation: Food
Key Topics
Globalisation Of Food
Migrant labour in the EU European Union
How the clean, bright displays in our supermarkets hide a murkier story of exploitation in the supply chain.
ITALY'S ROTTEN TOMATOES If you buy a tin of tomatoes chances are they come from Southern Italy - picked by…
Big Men - Inside the African Oil Industry
What happens when desperately poor people discover an incredibly valuable resource coveted by multinational corporations? This highly-acclaimed, award-winning New York Times Critics' Pick follows a small group of American explorers at Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy over a four-year period as it developed the first commercial oil field in Ghana's…