18 April, 2012

Erin Brockovich

"Wednesday Movie Club"
At the end of April the world community celebrates the Earth Day. As a tribute to this event the Movie Club presents the film “Erin Brockovich”.  It is based on a true story of  a woman who brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.
The main character of the film (starring Julia Roberts) gets a job in a law firm as a compensation for a car accident. While no one takes her seriously she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area.
As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her law firm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.

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