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Where to Watch Taking Back Our Town (2001)
Sometimes ordinary women become heroes.
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.
DramaTV Movie 90 min
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Cast
- Laura Innes as Pat Melancon
- Ruby Dee as Emelda West
- Chris Bauer as James Melancon
- Myndy Crist as Lisa LaVie
- Hallee Hirsh as Catherine Melancon