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What lies upstream /

In this classic detective story, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months. But when Hoback discovers an obscene collusion between chemical corporations and the highes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hoback, Cullen (Director, Screenwriter, Producer, on-screen participant.), Ramos, John (Producer), Khanna, Nitin (Film producer) (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Sausalito, CA : Ro*Co Films, 2017.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Chemical spills > West Virginia.
Water > Pollution > West Virginia.
Water quality management > West Virginia.
West Virginia.
Déversements de produits chimiques > Virginie-Occidentale.
Eau > Qualité > Gestion > Virginie-Occidentale.
Virginie-Occidentale.
Chemical spills
Water > Pollution
Water quality management
West Virginia
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Environmental films
Independent films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Environmental films.
Independent films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films environnementaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In this classic detective story, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months. But when Hoback discovers an obscene collusion between chemical corporations and the highest levels of government, the investigation spirals in a terrifying direction, and we learn the frightening truth about what lies upstream of us all.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 24, 2020).
Originally released as a documentary in 2017.
Physical Description:1 online resource (86 minutes)
Playing Time:01:25:50
Production Credits:Director of photography, Vincent Sweeney ; original score, John Morgan Askew ; editor, Cullen Hoback.