Independent Lens · SEASON 19
What Lies Upstream
Episode 15 · 2018-04-16
- Documentary
Episode overview
Investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans in the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. While he’s deep into his research in West Virginia, a similar water crisis strikes Flint, Michigan, revealing that the entire system that Americans assume is protecting their drinking water is fundamentally broken.
60 minutes
Season 19 episodes
1. Chasing Trane2017-11-06
2. Shadow World2017-11-20
3. Supergirl2017-12-18
4. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin2018-01-01
5. Unrest2018-01-08
6. I Am Not Your Negro2018-01-15
7. The Force2018-01-22
8. I Am Another You2018-01-29
9. Winnie2018-02-05
10. Tell Them We Are Rising2018-02-19
11. Rat Film2018-02-26
12. Dolores2018-03-27
13. When God Sleeps2018-04-02
14. The Art of the Shine2018-04-09
15. What Lies Upstream2018-04-16
16. Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky2018-04-23
17. True Conviction2018-04-30
18. No Man's Land2018-05-07
19. ACORN and the Firestorm2018-05-14
20. Served Like a Girl2018-05-28
