Under the Stack documents the consequences of living and working under a smokestack, and celebrates citizen efforts to challenge the unsafe working conditions and toxic emissions of ASARCO, the American Smelting and Refining Company. ASARCO declared bankruptcy in order to shed its debts and its responsibilities to clean up 95 sites in the U.S. alone. Today ASARCO is profitable and workers continue to seek answers to the question, 'What has made our community sick'?
- Year2016
- Runtime72 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAnne Fischel, Lin Nelson
Under the Stack documents the consequences of living and working under a smokestack, and celebrates citizen efforts to challenge the unsafe working conditions and toxic emissions of ASARCO, the American Smelting and Refining Company. ASARCO declared bankruptcy in order to shed its debts and its responsibilities to clean up 95 sites in the U.S. alone. Today ASARCO is profitable and workers continue to seek answers to the question, 'What has made our community sick'?
- Year2016
- Runtime72 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAnne Fischel, Lin Nelson