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Chester is Rising David DeMarco
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- Maatschappij en cultuur
Arson, break-ins, death threats, the Ku Klux Klan - all tried to stop her.
Zulene Mayfield is a zealous resident whose family is being poisoned by one of the United States’ largest trash incinerators. Her hometown, the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, was invaded by a unique clustering of solid waste facilities in the late eighties and early nineties. Her activism fostered Supreme Court cases which sparked the US environmental justice movement, but after a decade of leading the fight, she vanished in 2001.
After nearly twenty years of lurking in the shadows, Zulene resurfaces in 2019. She connects with a local podcaster to not only tell her story, but make one thing abundantly clear: she will reclaim Chester’s right to breathe.
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Episode 5 - Rise
David confronts the incinerator and the state of Pennsylvania. In analyzing their responses, he begins to learn the true nature of modern-day environmental injustice. The series ends with a focus on personal, environmental, and political avenues which aid cities like Chester across the country.
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Episode 4 - Schism
Zulene returns to Chester to find the city moving in the opposite direction CRCQL intended. As she rebuilds CRCQL, David investigates the city's tight-knit relationship with the incinerator.
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Episode 3 - National Sword
We take a break from Zulene's story and investigate the US global waste management system. David begins to learn the insidious way America handles waste.
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Episode 2 Part 2 - Stormy Weather
As the incinerator opens its doors in the 90's, nearby neighborhoods grow increasingly concerned about the smoke and smells coming from the facility. With help from filmmaker Robert Bahar's 1997 documentary "Laid to Waste," we explore Chester's birth into the US environmental justice movement.
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Episode 2 Part 1 - Stormy Weather
We go back in time to dive deep into Chester's history. The seed that germinated Chester's environmental problems was sowed long before the incinerator opened its doors. Part 1 explores the corrupt political machine that sold Chester's air in perpetuity.
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Episode 1 - Home
David drives to Chester for the first time and interviews grassroots legend Zulene Mayfield. They sit under a beautiful tree with one of the country's largest trash incinerators towering above them.