Green

2000, NR, 50 min. Directed by Laura Dunn.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Wed., June 20, 2001

This documentary about environmental justice in Mississippi's Cancer Alley is by the director of The Subtext of a Yale Education, which was part of the McCollege Tour. Green recently won the Silver Medal at the Student Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (See related feature at austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2000-12-15/screens_feature4.html.)

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