Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Scottie Productions
Cast & Crew
K
Kathleen Mantel
Director
K
Kathleen Mantel
Writer
J
Jacob Bryant
Director of Photography
N
Nicola Castle
Editor
The Green Chain
Movie"A Maori community afflicted by industrial chemical poisoning searches for truth and justice"
53 minDocumentary
This homegrown Erin Brockovich story follows former Whakatāne sawmill worker Joe Harawira and his long battle to reveal the impact that workplace toxins have had on his community. In the '80s after being afflicted by health issues, Harawira noticed co-workers getting sick. In 1988 he helped found SWAP (Sawmill Workers Against Poisons) and began investigating the effects of exposure to dioxins, a byproduct of timber treatment.