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Libby, Montana / Big Sky Pictures presents a High Plains film ; a film by Dru Carr & Doug Hawes-Davis ; produced, directed & edited by Drury Gunn Carr & Doug Hawes-Davis.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- W.R. Grace & Co--Corrupt practices.
- W.R. Grace & Co.
- Asbestos--Toxicology--Montana--Libby.
- Asbestos.
- Asbestosis--Montana--Libby.
- Asbestosis.
- Vermiculite--Montana--Libby.
- Vermiculite.
- Vermiculite--Health aspects--Montana--Libby.
- Mineral industries--Corrupt practices--Montana--Libby.
- Mineral industries.
- Mineral industries--Corrupt practices.
- Asbestos--Toxicology.
- Corruption.
- Montana--Libby.
- Montana.
- Genre:
- Environmental films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (116 min.) : digital, sound, color and black and white
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2019]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Looks at the small logging and mining town of Libby, Montana in the context of its being deemed by the EPA as the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in U.S. history. Shows how hundreds of the townsfolk in this blue-collar community are sick or have already died from exposure due to asbestos contamination from the W.C. Grace & Co.'s vermiculite mine. Presents the stories of the people of Libby who have been affected by asbestos poisoning.
- Credits:
- Camera & sound, Drury Gunn Carr & Doug Hawes-Davis ; original score, Ned Mudd.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: High Plains Films, ©2006; previousy released in 2007.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 10, 2019).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-hplm Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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