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The People vs. Agent Orange: virtual screening premier
September 3, 2019
$65 – $75Please join in the nationwide virtual screening premier of The People vs. Agent Orange, March 5-18, 2021.
Synopsis: 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 deformed births 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. Incriminating documents disappear. Activists are threatened. A helicopter technician secretly films the contamination of reservoirs, while a massive industrial cover-up goes on. Watch trailer here!
Tickets: $12/household – discounted tickets available for veterans and low income
After this content becomes available March 5th at 9:00 am PST, you’ll have 10 days to start watching. Once you begin, you’ll have 72 hours to finish watching. A link to a panel discussion with anti-herbicide activists will be made available after the film is watched.