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			FENCELINE: A Company Town Divided

Tell us what you think about FENCELINE: A Company Town Divided.

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Denny Larson
dennylarson@earthlink.net
San Francisco, CA

This unique documentary places the viewer on the "fenceline" of giant oil and chemical facilities where poor African American families and not so poor workers and retirees live. While most people in the USA and the world enjoy the benefits of cheap gasoline and chemical products, very few have to put up with the manufacturing process or have even seen how dirty and dangerous it is close up. Imagine living on to of a gasoline/chemical factory? Thousands of people do. This film takes you to the heart of environmental racism and out the other side. Watch it! For more info on the town where it was filmed, see labucketbrigade.org and refineryreform.org

Wendy Jacobs, Shell Chemical Company

Houston, TX

For additional background on Fenceline: A Company Town Divided, please visit www.fenceline.com, a web site constructed to provide viewers the updated Norco story. Shell Chemical LP believes the story portrayed in Fenceline: A Company Town Divided is out of date and is not a true representation of the situation in Norco or the Diamond neighborhood. Filming for the documentary was completed more than a year ago and in the interim, face-to-face discussions between Shell and representatives of the Diamond neighborhood have led to a resolution that is satisfactory for both parties. Over the last two years, Shell has engaged in an extensive and evolving dialogue with residents of the Diamond neighborhood. Through these discussions, Shell has come to recognize the Diamond neighborhood's unique social character. Diamond residents explained how Shell's earlier Voluntary Property Purchase Program, which was designed to create a greenbelt area between the facilities and the community, created difficulties for some families and caregivers. Shell listened and responded.

Ray Coffman

Covington

Fenceline was outstanding .... our entire office viewed it and we look forward to seeing more work like this....director and his crew did a wonderful job explaining both sides of the fenceline..

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