The People vs. Agent Orange

Sep 24, 2020

1h 26m

★ 8.8

We have the right to protect ourselves from being poisoned.

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ITVS

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

ARTE

Independent Lens

FILMS FOR HUMANITY

Fork Films

Doc Society

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Cast

Self

Tran To Nga

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Carol Van Strum

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Tom Daschle

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The People vs. Agent Orange

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