The release of Dark Waters, an angry fact-based drama about chemical company DuPont poisoning a small town, hopes to bring attention to a wider issueLast weekend saw the Us release of Dark Waters, director Todd Haynes’s true-life account of corporate defense attorney turned environmental activist Robert Bilott’s (Mark Ruffalo) decade-plus struggle to expose DuPont Chemical Company.
His expensive, exhaustive crusade grew from his discovery that DuPont was knowingly poisoning West Virginia’s water supply with toxic chemicals, which resulted in the conglomerate settling a class-action lawsuit to the tune of $671m in 2017.Related: Dark Waters review – Mark Ruffalo v big business in enraging drama
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