Hot Docs pays it forward to our supporters with this 2018 Festival hit. Join us and learn how to make 2019 the year you eliminate toxins from your household with Rick Smith.
The DuPont corporation revolutionized home cooking with Teflon’s non-stick cookware and its key chemical ingredient, C8—now found in the bloodstream of 99 per cent of Americans. Concealing knowledge about C8’s harmful effects, DuPont contaminated the environment with chemical waste while continuing to market Teflon products as safe. When a handful of West Virginia residents discover the corporation’s decades-long cover-up, they file a historic class-action law suit—unraveling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time. Stephanie Soechtig’s powerful film is a damning reminder of the toll that regular people pay for the depths of corporate greed.
Please join us after the screening for a post-screening talk with Rick Smith. The best-selling co-author of SLOW DEATH BY RUBBER DUCK and TOXIN TOXOUT, Smith is one of Canada’s leading experts on the impact and effects of toxic chemicals on our daily lives. He will be leading a discussion on reducing exposure to harmful chemicals.
10:00 AM: Doors Open
10:30 AM: Screening
12:00 PM: Post-screening talk with Rick Smith
For any questions, please contact boxoffice@hotdocs.ca.