Blue Vinyl | Encounters Mega Archive/Library
Awards (click to collapse)

Bermuda International Film Festival, Bermuda (2002) – Winner: Best Documentary

News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA (2003) – Nominated: Emmy: Best Documentary

News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA (2003) – Nominated: Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research

Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Cinematography Award

Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002) – Nominated: Grand Jury Prize

Santa Cruz Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Audience Award: Best Documentary

High Falls Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Audience Award: Best Documentary

Feature
International

2002

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Film Poster

In this quirky and entertaining exposé of corporates covering up health risks associated with their products, Helfand uses what she calls her “uterus money”—the payout from a drug company that admitted the oestrogen therapy her mother received while pregnant gave Judith cervical cancer—to investigate PVC, a potentially toxic plastic used to make anything from cellphones to drainpipes. Armed with a raft of vinyl siding, the second skin of so many American dwellings, she embarks on a quest to discover the truth about this ubiquitous substance. The film includes interviews with scientists, industry bosses and vinyl plant workers dying of cancer. An eye-opening account of the lethal consequences of corporate greed. Helfand and Gold will introduce.

Courtesy of Toxic Comedy Pictures.

Previous Festivals

Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002)

Santa Cruz Film Festival, USA (2002)

High Falls Film Festival, USA (2002)

Bermuda International Film Festival, Bermuda (2002)