"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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