FLINT: Who Can You Trust?
Directed by
United Kingdom
2020
119 min
- English
Documentary
A breakdown in public trust and institutional racism are at the forefront of this definitive and chilling examination of one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters in American history, journalist/filmmaker Anthony Baxter (You've Been Trumped) goes beyond the headlines in Flint, Michigan, where a government poisoned its own citizens’ water supply, to show the complete breakdown of authority, public trust and faith in the truth itself. Filmed over 5 years and long after the story was front page new, the film is full of new twists and turns. FLINT is a powerful investigation of the breathtaking scope of toxic pseudo-science, celebrity activism, and official negligence as well as the devastating impact it had on poor people and people of color which make up the majority of the residents in Flint as they continue to seek justice and clean water. Featuring Marc Ruffalo and narrated by Alec Baldwin.
Festivals
Credits
- Cast
- Mark Ruffalo
- Barack Obama
- Alec Baldwin
- Mona Hanna-Attisha
- Tammy Loren
- Scott Smith
- Nakiya Wakes
- Screenplay
- Richard Phinney
- Cinematography
- Anthony Baxter
- Editing
- Lewis Carmichael
- Colin Brown
- Music
- Dominic Glynn
- Sales
- CARGO FILM & RELEASING
- Production
- MONTROSE PICTURES
Press
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Monumental...Chilling...Devastating.
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FLINT is an engrossing and enlightening look at a community under siege.
Anthony Baxter
United Kingdom
Anthony Baxter is one of the United Kingdom’s leading documentary filmmakers. In his iconic YOU'VE BEEN TRUMPED (2011), a small Scottish community battles against a brash New York developer, who would later become the American President. A DANGEROUS GAME (2014) is a searing indictment of the profound ecological and social impact of luxury golf resorts around the world. The prescient YOU'VE BEEN TRUMPED TOO (2016) follows Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign from a singularly Scottish viewpoint. The Irish Times called it, “The most important film of the year.” Recently he directed the documentary FLINT: WHO CAN YOU TRUST? (2020), which reflects on the victims of the worst man-made disaster in U.S. history.