WALKLEY DOCUMENTARY AWARD - The Walkley Foundation | RUNNER UP, BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY - Oakville Festival of Film and Arts | OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Film Festival Festival The Hague | "A gripping, powerful work, and thoroughly compelling for a global audience." - The Walkley Awards
Environmental Justice • Environmental Contamination • Water • Chemical Contamination • Law • Science • Public Health • Indigenous Studies • Legal Studies • Journalism
Date of Completion: 2024 | Run Time: 78 minutes | Language: English with English, French, and German subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Katrina McGowan | Producers: Mathew Cornwell, Janine Hosking & Katrina McGowan
With behind the scenes access to the largest litigation involving drinking water in American history, HOW TO POISON A PLANET investigates how the use of a product as seemingly harmless as firefighting foam, has resulted in the contamination of communities all over the world. Spanning from the heart of New York City to a small First Nations community in Australia, the film exposes one of the most widespread environmental disasters in human history.
The Walkley Awards
"A gripping, powerful work, and thoroughly compelling for a global audience."
AWARDS
Walkley Documentary Award | The Walkley Foundation
Runner Up, Best International Documentary | Oakville Festival of Film and Arts
FESTIVALS
Green Visions Potsdam
International Film Festival The Hague (IFFH)
International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival
World Water Film Festival
SCREENINGS
Australian Federal Parliament
European Parliament
French Senate
Italian Senate
This film has held screenings globally, check out the film website for more information: How to Poison a Planet - Screenings