MOSSVILLE:
WHEN GREAT TREES FALL
Mossville: When Great Trees Fall
Directed by Alexander Glustorm Run time: 77 minutes Pre-book: 08-11-2020 | Street: 09-08-2020 | SRP: $24.95 | CAT#: PRDVD4778 | UPC: 672975284107
Genres: Documentary
Synopsis: 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. |
Select Press:
“STRIKING AND URGENT”
– Indie Wire
“A MESSAGE THAT WILL REVERBERATE ACROSS GENERATIONS.”
– BRWC
“A sad and UNCOMMONLY STUNNING exploration of environmental racism
and the adverse effects of industrialization on fence-line communities.”
– Anti-Gravity
“A nightmarish landscape is the battleground for Stacey’s defiant spirit, as he’s forced to choose
between a better life for his son and fighting to preserve his ancestors’ legacy.”
– Planet in Focus
– Indie Wire
“A MESSAGE THAT WILL REVERBERATE ACROSS GENERATIONS.”
– BRWC
“A sad and UNCOMMONLY STUNNING exploration of environmental racism
and the adverse effects of industrialization on fence-line communities.”
– Anti-Gravity
“A nightmarish landscape is the battleground for Stacey’s defiant spirit, as he’s forced to choose
between a better life for his son and fighting to preserve his ancestors’ legacy.”
– Planet in Focus