Taking Back Our Town

Taking Back Our Town

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  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 10, 2001

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

Original Title

Taking Back Our Town

Production Companies

Schreckinger Communications Company, Hearst Entertainment Productions, Lifetime

Director

Sam Pillsbury

Description

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.