Directed by:
Glenn JordanCinematography:
Howard SchwartzCast:
Marsha Mason, Bob Gunton, Penny Fuller, Roberta Maxwell, Thomas Hill, Robert Picardo, Mackenzie Astin, Art LaFleur, Louise Latham, Bob Swain, F. William Parker (more)Plots(1)
Hardly a person is now alive who does not remember the 1978 ecological disaster at the chemical-waste deposits in Love Canal, New York. This made-for-TV film stars Marsha Mason as housewife Lois Gibbs, who suspects that her children have fallen ill due to leakage of toxic waste at the nearby deposits. The New York State Department of Health closes down the elementary school, but for Lois and nearly 700 of her neighbors, this just isn't enough. Lois begins a loud and aggressive movement to force the United States Government to relocate the residents of Love Canal, and to reimburse them for the loss of their property. Robert Gunton co-stars as Lois' husband who faces unemployment as the result of his wife's refusal to sit down and be quiet. (official distributor synopsis)
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