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
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.


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