Academy Awards, USA 1980
| Nominated Oscar | Best Documentary, Features Steve Singer Tom Priestley |
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Directed by Steve Singer and Tom Priestley
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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Investigative news-style program produced by ABC and written by Brit Hume, exposing illegal chemical dumping in New Jersey, Louisiana and most famously, the Love Canal in Niagara, New York. Unfortunately, it resorts to confrontational interviews with representatives of the companies involved, or innocent government workers. It also incorporates subliminal editing techniques. The stories speak for themselves, so none of that was really necessary.
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