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When her father dies suddenly, Dr. Ayne Amjad takes up his mission to help a small West Virginia town exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. Driven by his call to “help others” at all costs, Ayne launches an audacious plan to relocate the community. But as pressure mounts and new information comes to light, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to aid the town’s fight for justice.
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00:01The Indians call it the river of death.
00:05At least once or twice a year somebody drowns in it.
00:08Now this is one place I would move to.
00:13If you get my wife to move, I'd be right down on the riverbank.
00:17The data alone is enough to know that cancer rates in Menden
00:21shouldn't be what they are.
00:23But as far as who should be responsible,
00:28sometimes people just don't like hearing what they don't want to hear.
00:33What happened in Menden is a lesson.
00:36The poor get the shaft.
00:39Justice for Menden! Relocation now!
00:43I purchased 97 acres in Odd, West Virginia.
00:47If people wanted to move, it could be an option.
00:50It's gonna take a lot for people just to get up and move.
00:54Okay.
00:54What are we gonna do at Menden?
00:57Somebody's gotta get in there and change this.
01:00I know that Ayn has a moral obligation to her father.
01:05The way I truly feel is we're all here to be helpers.
01:09And there aren't too many true hearts and spirits out there.
01:130.2 again.
01:16There's probably places all over the country like this,
01:19but we've been fighting this for over 40 years.
01:22If you want out, you gotta fight for it.
01:24If we want out, here we have to go!
01:29I don't have to go.
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