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The People Vs. Agent Orange


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Kate Taverna & Alan Adelson, 2021, 93min

Kate Taverna & Alan Adelson, 2021, 93min

The People Vs. Agent Orange is streaming for $12 March 17th-31st

The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, the world over, a primary chemical of the toxic defoliant controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks, playgrounds... It wreaks havoc on the human genome, causing deformities and deadly cancers.

After decades of struggle and tragic personal losses, two heroic women are leading a worldwide movement to end the plague and hold the manufacturers accountable. In France, Tran To Nga is suing the American chemical industry for poisoning her in Vietnam. In America, Carol Van Strum exposes the continuing use of toxic herbicides, many still containing dioxin. Incriminating documents disappear. Activists are threatened. A helicopter technician secretly films the contamination of reservoirs while a massive industrial cover-up continues.

On Tuesday, March 23rd at 7pm EDT, join us for a live Zoom Q&A with filmmakers Kate Taverna & Alan Adelson & producer Veronique Bernard

Later Event: March 19
2021 Youth Media Festival