IN THE 100 MILES BETWEEN BATON ROUGE & NEW ORLEANS...

there are over 150 petrochemical plants that are responsible for producing 25% of the nation’s petrochemicals. This area reports the nation’s highest concentration of toxic emissions to the air, land and water. The residents of this area, who are mainly African American and poor, suffer from astronomical rates of cancer, asthma and other medical ailments.

GREEN documents this environmental injustice: the disproportionate toxic development in areas populated by minorities and low income groups. The film journeys through six communities along the Mississippi River and shows how one group of people may be bearing the burden for a nation’s consumerism.