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In the late 1960s a Ford Motors plant in Mahwah, New Jersey dumped toxic paint sludge. As the local Indian community's children played in this colourful waste little could they conceive of the devastation to follow. Rashes swiftly led to cancer, chronic diseases and for many, death. Ford officially tidied up the site in the 1990s but most of the waste remained. MANN V. FORD follows the resident Ramapough Indians and their legal team as they take on Ford and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Over the course of five years their fight for justice led from community centres to the halls of government. Maro Chermayeff and Micah Fink's red-raw documentary charts the emotional journey of this real-life, high-stakes drama.

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