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Gravitas Ventures Nabs North American Rights to Flint Water Crisis Doc ‘Lead and Copper’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to William Hart's Flint, Mich. lead poisoning documentary 'Lead and Copper.'
The film sets up the dominos that fell, leading to one of America’s worst public health disasters. “I am enraged how a governor stripped an American city of its democracy, then lied to the citizens, while poisoning their children,” Hart said. Government officials featured in the documentary include Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), former Mayor of Flint Dayne Walling, current Mayor of Flint Sheldon Neeley, Flint Councilman Byrant Nolden, Mayor of Newark, N.J. Ras Baraka, Newark Department of Water director Kareem Adeem and attorney Junius Williams.
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