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Bookmark or Share- Vanishing Black community of Mossville set for visit by EPA headAcross the Calcasieu River from Lake Charles, Mossville is said to date back to the late 18th century, when it was founded by freed African-Americans. The new report describes it as five square ...
- Mossville: How 'environmental racism' doomed an African-American town ...The faint echo of former civic life has been squelched by roaring bulldozers and dump trucks. "It's a historic black town. It's what I call 'oasis space,'" says Michelle Lanier, executive producer of Mossville: When Great Trees Fall, a new documentary that reveals what happened to the town and its residents.
- A path forward: Residents seek remedy for decades of environmental ...A path forward: Residents seek remedy for decades of environmental injustice in Mossville, Louisiana. Once a thriving, self-sufficient enclave that residents describedas a “safe haven for African Americans,” the community of Mossville, Louisiana is now a ghost town, decimated by decades of environmental racism.
- Mossville: When Great Trees Fall | Reel SouthMossville: When Great Trees Fall. May 25, 2020 - As a centuries-old black community in Louisiana, contaminated and uprooted by petrochemical plants, comes to terms with the loss of its ancestral home, one man standing in the way of a plant’s expansion refuses to give up. Directed by: Alexander Glustrom.
- ‘Mossville: When Great Trees Fall’ Review: The Material Toxicity of ...A documentary tells the story of a centuries-old black community in Louisiana laid waste by a chemical company, and of the residents who refuse to leave. A view of the Lake Charles, La., region ...
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