Alexander Glustrom/2019/75 min/Energy, Environmental Justice, Health
FILM DESCRIPTION: Mossville, Louisiana: A once-thriving community founded by formerly enslaved and free people of color, and an economically flourishing safe haven for generations of African American families. Today it’s a breeding ground for petrochemical plants and their toxic black clouds. Many residents are forced from their homes, and those that stay suffer from prolonged exposure to contamination and pollution. Amid this chaos and injustice stands one man who refuses to abandon his family’s land—and his community.
Friday, April 23, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Central Daylight Time
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After the screening, stay connected to discuss the film with:
Discussion Facilitator Toni Anderson, Founding Executive Director, Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab
Erica Jackson, Film Subject, "Mossville: When Great Trees Fall," Former Mossville resident
Additional panelist Gina Ramirez, Midwest Outreach Manager, Natural Resources Defense Council; Co chair, Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke