The People vs. Agent Orange
{{Short description|2020 American-French television documentary film}}
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| genre = Documentary
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| director = {{Plainlist|
- Alan Adelson
- Kate Taverna
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| starring =
| composer = {{Plainlist|
- Blake Leyh
- Van Ahn Vanessa Vo
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| country = {{Plainlist|
- United States
- France
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| language = {{Plainlist|
- English
- France
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- Sally Jo Fifer
- Lois Vossen
- Maxyne Franklin
- Abigail E. Disney
- Gini Reticker
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| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Veronique Bernard
- Alan Adelson
- Kate Taverna
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| editor = {{Plainlist|
- Kate Taverna
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| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
- Michael Julian Berz
- Luca Chiari
- Craig Marsden
- Sam Shinn
- Scott Sinkler
- Dyanna Taylor
- Tran Duc Tho
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| runtime = 85 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- ITVS
- Arte
- Films for Humanity
- Doc Society
- Fork Films
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- The Bertha Foundation
- IFP
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| network2 = PBS
| network = Arte
| released = {{Start date|2020|09|29}}
| released2 = {{Start date|2021|06|28}}
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The People vs. Agent Orange is a 2020 American-French television documentary film, directed and produced by Alan Adelson and Kate Taverna. It follows the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam and the United States.
It was released in France on September 29, 2020, on ARTE, and in the United States, it was released through virtual cinema on March 5, 2021, prior to being broadcast on June 28, 2021, on Independent Lens on PBS.
Synopsis
The film follows two activists, Tran To Nga, and Carol Van Strum, as Tran spends several years preparing litigation against American companies that produced herbicides poisoning her and her family, while Strum fights against the use of 24D in her home state of Oregon, and spreads awareness of how Agent Orange is still used in present day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bs-ed-zontv-0627-agent-orange-pbs-doc-20210625-dmfm5fcnf5djlmfsreci3v5kvq-story.html|title='The People Vs. Agent Orange' on PBS: The documentary as social conscience | COMMENTARY|first=David|last=Zurawik|website=baltimoresun.com|date=25 June 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/06/24/the-people-vs-agent-orange-tackles-effects-of-infamous-herbicide/|title='The People vs Agent Orange' tackles effects of infamous herbicide|date=June 24, 2021}}
Release
The film was broadcast in France on September 29, 2020, on Arte.{{cite web|url=https://javafilms.fr/film/the-people-vs-agent-orange/|title=The People vs. Agent Orange|website=Java Films|access-date=July 3, 2021}} It was released in the United States through virtual cinema on March 5, 2021, prior to being broadcast on Independent Lens on PBS on June 28, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-04/review-people-vs-agent-orange-documentary-vietnam-war|title=Review: 'The People vs. Agent Orange' documentary chronicles the ongoing fight|website=The Los Angeles Times|first=Robert|last=Abele|date=March 4, 2021|access-date=July 3, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhgazette.com/2021/06/18/the-people-vs-agent-orange-the-pbs-documentary/|title="The People vs Agent Orange," the PBS Documentary|date=June 18, 2021|website=The New Hampshire Gazette}}{{cite web|url=https://itvs.org/films/the-people-vs-agent-orange|title=The People vs. Agent Orange|website=ITVS|access-date=July 3, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://itvs.org/about/pressroom/press-release/independent-lens-to-premiere-poignant-and-gripping-investigative-film-the-people-vs-agent-orange-june-28-on-pbs|title=Independent Lens to Premiere Investigative Documentary Exposing On-Going Effects of Agent Orange and Its Toxic Successors June 28 on PBS|website=ITVS|date=May 7, 2021|access-date=July 3, 2021}}
Reception
The People vs. Agent Orange holds {{a or an|{{RT data|score}}}} approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on {{RT data|count|spell=y}} reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_people_vs_agent_orange|title=The People vs. Agent Orange|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|14167468}}
- {{official website|https://www.thepeoplevsagentorange.com/}}
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Category:2020 television films
Category:2020 documentary films
Category:American documentary films
Category:French documentary films
Category:Documentary films about war
Category:Documentary films about politics