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Plot Summary
TAR CREEK is the story of the worst environmental disaster you’ve never heard of: the Tar Creek Superfund site. Once one of the largest lead and zinc mines on the planet, Tar Creek is now home to more than 40 square miles of environmental devastation in northeastern Oklahoma: acid mine water in the creeks, stratospheric lead poisoning in the children, and sinkholes that melt backyards and ball fields. Now, almost 30 years after being designated for federal cleanup by the Superfund program, Tar Creek residents are still fighting for decontamination, environmental justice, and ultimately, the buyout and relocation of their homes to safer ground. As TAR CREEK reveals, America’s Superfund sites aren’t just environmental wastelands; they’re community tragedies, too. Until the community fights back.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic documentary that approaches the view at eye level
There are a lot of documentaries related to environmental and political concerns that rather than presenting the information to the viewer and allowing them to decide, instead pedantically spoon feed the directors point of view into the viewers mind. Tar Creek tells the story of an environmental disaster in central Oklahoma - and the governments inability to take responsibility for the damages. It's quick paced, well narrated, and interesting the entire time.
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