Synopsis

This is the compelling and deeply moving story of everyday women who bravely confronted seemingly insurmountable obstacles to protect their families' well-being. In the late 1970s, the residents of Love Canal, a working-class community in Niagara Falls, New York, learned a devastating truth: their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built upon a forgotten chemical waste dump. Toxic substances now seeped from the site, poisoning the land and imperiling the health of those who lived there. Throug