“Mossville: When Great Trees Fall”
Sunday, March 26, 7 pm Eastern / 4 pm Pacific (please calculate your local time). ZOOM LINK
Join us for this one-hour program – an opportunity to share impressions and reflections on our selected film. In preparation, you are asked to view and consider the film prior to the program date. A good portion of the hour will be devoted to small group conversations on the issues raised in the film.
“Mossville: When Great Trees Fall” takes a look at a centuries-old Black community in Louisiana that has been contaminated and uprooted by petrochemical plants. As the community comes to terms with the loss of their ancestral home, one man standing in the way of a plant’s expansion refuses to give up.
The film’s trailer provides a good orientation.
Highly recommended: In-depth information about the film and the background of the environmental justice movement can be found in this study guide.
Environmental racism has a long history in the United States. The Environmental Justice Movement is centered on shifting power to dismantle inequalities and oppression that lead to sacrificing air, water, land, people, and communities to hazardous industrial operations. From its inception, it has been an intersectional movement operating at the convergence of multiple overlapping social and political issues. This orientation takes a prismatic approach to examining discrimination, showing how race, class, gender, and other characteristics “intersect” or relate with one another.
View the 56-minute film free here. Best to watch on “fullscreen” view.
We look forward to seeing you on March 26th. All are welcome!