(PDF) (DOC) (JPG)October 27, 2022

Film Screening and Discussion: Mann vs. Ford (2011)
Panel moderated by Dr. Sarah Koenig (RCNJ)

Tuesday, November 15 / 4:00 – 7:00 PM / Friends Hall
Part of Ramapo’s events for Native American Heritage Month
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Compliance
Co-Sponsored by the American Studies Program

Vincent Mann
Turtle Clan Chief, Ramapough Munsee Lenape Nation
Co-Founder, Munsee Three Sisters Farm

Dr. Chuck Stead
Environmental Educator and Former Adjunct Professor at RCNJ
Researched environmental damage by Ford

Dr. Michael Edelstein
Retired Professor of Environmental Psychology at RCNJ
Studies social and psychological effects of toxic exposure

If you cannot join us in person
Stream the film in advance on HBO or Prime
Join us via WebEx for the panel discussion at 6:00 PM
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This feature documentary for HBO takes place thirty-nine miles from New York City where the Ramapough Indians are slowly being poisoned. The people know their executioner: it is the Ford Motor Company, which, between 1967 and 1971, used the Ramapough’s mountain home as a dumping ground for a lethal brew of lead-based paints, PCB’s, and toxic industrial solvents. In the decades since, mysterious tumors, routine miscarriages, and extremely rare and lethal cancers have plagued the community. Framed by the Ramapough’s five-year lawsuit against Ford Motor Company, Mann v. Ford is a vivid, shocking tale of environmental irresponsibility and corporate malfeasance. It reveals sordid backroom deals between the government and big business, and follows the brave, desperate fight of an isolated people and their tenacious legal defense team wrings some kind of justice from one of America’s most powerful industrial giants.

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