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Tour of Chevron Chemical Plant grounds. Students hear about the toxic chemicals being released into their community by a Chevron Ortho Chemical Plant's incinerator.
Tour of Chevron Chemical Plant grounds. Students hear about the toxic chemicals being released into their community by a Chevron Ortho Chemical Plant's incinerator.
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Reel begins.
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African American male teacher talks to a group of young, mostly African American students outdoors. He informs them they are standing across from a Chevron Chemical Company incinerator which operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Students turn to see the smoke blowing from the chimney of the plant.
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| 01:00:26 26.03 |
Same teacher continuing to inform the students about the toxic emissions that are being released into the community from the incinerator and some of the health problems caused by the fumes.
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The teacher continues to talk informing students that Chevron claims there is nothing but steam coming out of the incinerator, but there have been door to door surveys resulting in the fact that neighbors complain about the high rate of cancer in the community in just about every household.
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CU on group of students listening intently. Z'in to CU on a young Black kid's face and other students. A student is heard saying she can smell the fumes and others agree.
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| 01:02:09 129.41 |
WS teacher continues talking with group of African American students outside about the side effects and irritations of breathing in toxic chemical fumes.
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Var. shots, cu's, ms's, ws's of the students outside listening and asking questions as the teacher further informs them about the true hazards of the emissions, the denial of responsibility from Chevron, and the difficulty of proving the incinerator emissions is the cause of cancers in the community.
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Students and teacher walk away, ws of the Chevron plant with the incinerator barely seen in bkgd.
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| 01:10:03 603.98 |
WS of the Chevron Ortho Chemical Company outdoor grounds. Teacher guides group of students around the grounds pointing out the incinerator in the bkgd. with steam coming out, and pointing out the foul odor in the air from the pesticides being produced there.
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Shot from behind teacher and students gaze into the distance at the chimney stack of the incinerator blowing white clouds of smoke into the atmosphere. Teacher continues to talk about the toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer.
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| 01:11:04 664.73 |
CU on Black female student wearing black sunglasses and hoodie listening intently
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| 01:11:27 687.07 |
CU on other faces of female students listening to teacher. Various other shots of the students, cu's, group shots, etc..
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| 01:12:03 723.09 |
CU on teacher as he continues to talk about the lies from Chevron and their lack of responsibility for any cancers in the community and damage to the environment.
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CU on girl covering her eye and nose with her hand. Male student asking a question.
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| 01:13:22 802.74 |
Students are seen beginning to cover their noses and eyes with their hands as they stand in the Chevron parking lot listening to the teacher repeating the truths about the chemical toxicity emitted from the plant.
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| 01:13:40 820.27 |
CU on two female students covering their mouths, afraid to breath
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| 01:14:39 879.12 |
Girl makes statement from literature she read that certain communities are targeted more than others for these types of "waste" facilities. Unseen teacher agrees and states that the communities these refineries target are mostly Black, Latino and low income. Group of students standing around listening intently.
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CU cute female teenage student's face.
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Various shots of the group of students and teacher on the grounds of Chevron Ortho plant
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WS Chevron Ortho Chemical Plant
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| 01:18:29 1109.76 |
Pan out from Chevron Plant towers reveal suburban neighborhood close by nearby. Several shots of the homes and neighboring empty field
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End
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