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What Lies Upstream
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Chemical substances controlling drinking water, and a failed political system that has supported this idea for a long time. The political system is accused of several corruption cases, the first of which is the waste of drinking water and the approval of the dumping of chemicals inside the water.
Chemical substances controlling drinking water, and a failed political system that has supported this idea for a long time. The political system is accused of several corruption cases, the first of which is the waste of drinking water and the approval of the dumping of chemicals inside the water.
Actors:
Dr. Andrew Whelton,
Dr. Rahul Gupta,
Dr. David Lewis,
Erin Brockovich-Ellis,
Maya Nye,
Dr. Marc Edwards,
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha,
Martin Riese,
Rahul Gupta,
Randy Huffman,
Marc Edwards,
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Dr. Andrew Whelton
Dr. Rahul Gupta
Dr. David Lewis
Erin Brockovich-Ellis
22 June 1960, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Maya Nye
Dr. Marc Edwards
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
Martin Riese
Rahul Gupta
Randy Huffman
Marc Edwards
Genre:
Mystery, Documentary
Director:
Cullen Hoback
Country:
United States
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November 20, 2017
Director Cullen Hoback may follow the standard Michael Moore playbook a little too closely-remember when documentary filmmakers mainly stayed behind the camera?-but the levels of malfeasance that he uncovers are genuinely impressive.
January 11, 2018
Is "What Lies Upstream" persuasive in all respects? No. Will it make you think twice about what's gone unnoticed in your tap water? Absolutely.
January 11, 2018
A powerful cri de couer about terrifyingly lax government oversight of the water supply.
November 20, 2017
Hoback's a thorough researcher, and there's no denying that the questions raised in his doc-and the lack of concrete answers from public officials-should be of grave concern.
January 08, 2018
There's something rotten in the shape of water.
January 11, 2018
By acknowledging what isn't known about drinking water, but what should be illuminated about the mechanism behind it, "What Lies Upstream" proves an exemplary piece of advocacy filmmaking.
December 21, 2017
This quietly chilling wake-up call is sure to be one of the most vital documentaries to hit theaters in 2018.
January 07, 2018
A sobering expose' issuing a dire warning about the whole damn nation's being on the brink of ecological collapse!
April 13, 2018
It seems to me that this timely new film establishes that the current attention given to Pruitt's living situation in Washington, D.C., and pay raises for officials in the EPA, are miniscule compared to the environmental disaster ahead.
Variety
November 20, 2017
Hoback does an impressive job of methodically building his case. And he's every bit as adroit when it comes to fashioning, over the course of his film, an insightful account of two intriguing players in this ongoing real-life drama.
