Taking Back Our Town

Sometimes ordinary women become heroes.

Taking Back Our Town — Plot

A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a plant in her toxic township already known as "cancer alley". Pat and a few newly recruited, fledgling activitsts face the full force of Shintech's wealth and influence peddling, which has bought the cooperation of the government from the local level all the way up to the Governor's office.

• Release date
• December 10, 2001
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama, TV Movie
• Director
• Sam Pillsbury

Taking Back Our Town — Cast

Laura Innes Pat Melancon Ruby Dee Emelda West Chris Bauer James Melancon Myndy Crist Lisa LaVie Hallee Hirsh Catherine Melancon Alyson Reed Roseanne Wendy Davis Janice Dickerson Kate Norby Tammy