Happening February 22 at 7 pm at Montclair Film’s Cinema 505 and on Zoom

Price of Liberty Film Series: Mann v Ford

One of the worst environmental disasters in the United States is located just 19 miles from New York City. This toxic Superfund site is at the former home of the Ford Motor Plant in Mahwah, NJ, which was the country's largest car factory when it opened in 1955. Thousands of cars were produced over the following decades, along with a mountain of toxic paint sludge, which was dumped on the nearby lands of the Ramapough Lenape Nation community. This film tells the story of Wayne Mann, Chief of the Turtle Clan in 2011, who stands up to Ford. MANN v. FORD follows a community's mission to clean up the toxic byproduct of the American Dream, and to seek justice for themselves and their families.

Thoughtful discussion with producer/director of Mann v. Ford Micah Fink will be led by scholars Leslie Wilson, PhD and Khemani Gibson, PhD.

This program was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.