Blue Vinyl (DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand
IndiePix Price: $21.95
RUNTIME - 98 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2002
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
GENRES - biography, documentary
Film Info
Curious filmmaker Judith Helfand decided to follow up some doubts she had about PVC (polyvinyl chloride) when her parents took the step of coating their house with it. Taking her camera and co-director Daniel B. Gold with her, Helfand hit the road and headed to Louisiana, which is responsible for the bulk of the PVC used in America. They also venture out to California to meet an environmentalist, and to Italy, where a groundbreaking legal battle against the makers of PVC plays out. Fascinating and highly unique in its choice of subject matter, BLUE VINYL offers plenty of food for thought which is, in turns, both shocking and revealing.
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Awards
- Audience Award, Best Documentary (Winner)
2002 Santa Cruz Film Festival (Santa Cruz, United States) - Documentary Prize (Winner)
2002 Bermuda International Film Festival (Hamilton, Bermuda) - Excellence in Cinematography, Documentary (Winner)
2002 Sundance Film Festival (Park City, United States) - Grand Jury Prize, Documentary (Nominee)
2002 Sundance Film Festival (Park City, United States)