
TheTarCreekareainnortheasternOklahomawashometooneofthelargestleadandzincstrikesontheplanet.Forawhileitwasterrificallyprofitable,especiallywhenitwassubsidizedforwartimemining.Thispersonal,affectingdocumentaryintroducesustothepeoplelivinginthatpartofAmerican’sheartland,nowoneoftheworstenvironmentaldisastersinthecountry.Morethanachronicleofthewasteanddangergeneratedbythemine,thisisthestoryoftheneighborstryingtomakethingsright,orbuytheirwayout,andthemanylayersofgovernmentandscientificorganizationsthatareinvolvedinthemess.It’salsoastoryoftheQuapawTribeandtheBureauofIndianAffairs,whichorderedminingcompaniestodumpenormousmoundslead-lacedwasterrockonQuapawland.First-timedirectorMattMyersnarratesthefilmwithuncommonwarmthandfamiliarity,helpingusunderstandthesciencebehindthemine,theramificationsforthecommunity,andkeepsthevoicesofthecommunityfrontandcenter.OriginalmusicbyWatermelonSlim.
