Death by Pollution

Death by Pollution

0.0IMDb Score
Released:2021-05-02
Duration:10 min
Director:Usayd Younis, Cassie Quarless
Actors:Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, Adam Elliot Cooper, Yanos Zylberberg
Production:black & brown, Novara Media

Overview:

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was a nine-year-old girl who lived in south-east London and died in 2013. The cause of death was listed as air pollution, now her mother is fighting to make clean air a human right.

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