The People vs. Agent Orange

The People vs. Agent Orange

8.8IMDb Score
Released:2020-09-24
Duration:86 min
Director:Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna
Actors:Tran To Nga, Carol Van Strum, Tom Daschle
Production:ITVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ARTE, Independent Lens, FILMS FOR HUMANITY, Fork Films, Doc Society
Keywords:agent orange

Overview:

Two women fight to hold the manufacturers accountable for the Agent Orange catastrophe. Incriminating documents disappear. Activists are threatened. A helicopter technician secretly films the contamination exposing a massive cover-up.

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