COMPANY TOWN Screens January 26th – 28th at Webster University

COMPANY TOWN  (2017 – directed by Natalie Kottke-Masocco and Erica Sardaria) screens Friday January 26th through  Sunday January 28th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts each evening at 7:30pm.

Crossett, Arkansas is home to about 5,500 people; one Georgia-Pacific paper and chemical plant owned by billionaire brothers Charles Koch and David Koch, and a startling rate of cancer and illness. This investigative documentary follows local pastor David Bouie as he fights to save his community. It offers a rare look inside a small town ruled by a single company, where the government’s environmental protections have been subverted and ignored, leaving its citizens to take on entrenched powers in a fight for justice. Crossett’s residents are up against one of the nation’s largest industrial company: Koch Industries. Pastor Bouie worked at the Koch’s Georgia-Pacific plant for ten years, and on the street where he lives, 11 out 15 households lost someone to cancer. He seeks answers and actions to help protect the lives.

100% on the Tomato-meter, the critics love COMPANY TOWN!

Gary Goldstein at The Los Angeles Times says COMPANY TOWN is:

“A vital, eye-opening portrait.”

 

André Hereford at Film Journal International says the film:

“Makes a powerful case for enforcing federal and state environmental regulations more stringently than they have been at the [Georgia-Pacific] mill.”

The COMPANY TOWN Site can be found HERE

Admission is:

$6 for the general public
$5 for seniors, Webster alumni and students from other schools
$4 for Webster University staff and faculty

Free for Webster students with proper I.D.

Advance tickets are available from the cashier before each screening or contact the Film Series office (314-246-7525) for more options. The Film Series can only accept cash or check.

The Webster University Film Series site can be found HERE

http://www.webster.edu/film-series/