Montrose Pictures Present FLINT – WHO CAN YOU TRUST? A Film By Anthony Baxter Premieres This December On BBC + BBC iPlayer

"This monumental testimonial has been pared down to a devastating two-hour feature" - The Guardian

A film by Anthony Baxter

Montrose Pictures

FLINT - WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

Filmed over a period of five years, FLINT is the astonishing, untold story of the man-made disaster that continues to haunt America.

BBC Television Premiere of feature documentary FLINT

Tuesday 1 December 2020 at 10pm BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer

ALEC BALDWIN: "Do you think they let happen what happened in Flint, because Flint is poor, or African American or both?"

FLINT MAYOR: "I think it's both.  I think it's an issue of race and class."

The film – which is described as a 'monumental testimonial' on the Flint water disaster in the USA - is made by British director Anthony Baxter and narrated by Alec Baldwin.

"A vital movie for a volatile time, FLINT is a bona fide socio-political thriller!" - Film Inquiry

SYNOPSIS - FLINT

Five years in the making FLINT is the story of one of the worst man-made disasters in American history.  Flint was one of the most prosperous cities in the world as the birthplace of General Motors, but its industrial heyday was long gone when the then Michigan Governor presided over a move to get the water supply from the local polluted river, rather than the Great Lakes, to save money.

With brown water coming out of many of their taps, locals started reporting alarming and worrying illnesses. And a campaign was begun to get the water supply changed.

This documentary film, made by Montrose Pictures, is however a surprising story with more twists than a river.  Along the way there is Hollywood support for the plight of the Flint residents from film star Mark Ruffalo and narrator Alec Baldwin steps from behind the mic to go on camera and visit local residents.

There is a welcome win for the local people as the water supply is changed back, but the corrosive Flint water – which hadn’t been properly treated – had eaten into the city’s old pipes unleashing lead particles through the drinking water supply, potentially affecting the bloodstream of thousands of children. According to a study by a leading local paediatrician, this has left many with permanent damage to their brains and reproductive systems.

As the local people try to find out the truth of the situation, one adviser – previously lauded by the campaigners – goes over to ‘the other side’ in the government camp, and the findings of another are queried.  And the question for local people at the heart of it all is who can they trust and who cares about what happens to them?

Directed by Anthony Baxter

Narrated by Alec Baldwin

Run time: 1 hour 54 minutes

FLINT: WHO CAN YOU TRUST? PREMIERES ON DECEMBER 1 ON BBC AND BBC iPLAYER