First Look: Alec Baldwin ‘Flint: Who Can You Trust?’ Documentary on Michigan City’s Drinking Water Nightmare

Special: A new documentary by Alec Baldwin about the Flint water crisis hits theaters in late April.^{Me too} Anniversary of the disaster that caused thousands of children to drown in leaded drinking water.

Flint: Who can you trust?directed by Anthony Baxter (you were robbed), opens April 29 in New York and Los Angeles, followed by other cities. The digital release is scheduled for May. It was supposed to be released in October 2021 but was delayed after it was accidentally shot on the set of a Baldwin movie. Oxide.

“I think it’s very important that the people of Flint don’t forget,” Baxter said in a statement. “Hopefully, this movie will bring a new focus to its current situation.”

In April 2014, to save costs, Flint’s water supply was changed from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the Flint River, a polluted body of water. Residents soon began to complain about the taste and color and aroma of the water. In August of the same year, coliform bacteria found in drinking water forced residents to boil their water to remove contaminants.

That wasn’t the only threat to water. Worn water pipes and treatment with water corrosion inhibitors have made it easier to provide lead-containing drinking water to the city’s estimated 100,000 residents, including 10,000 or more children. Study published American Journal of Public Health It found that “particularly in socioeconomically vulnerable areas, the percentage of children with high blood lead levels increased after changing the water supply.”

To this day, most of Flint’s residents still drink bottled water, and many are concerned about the safety of the city’s water supplies.

“Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Anthony Baxter” writes “in this explosive documentary filmed more than five years ago” in the documentary description. Flint: Who can you trust? “Investigating the growing betrayal and deception of government officials, the damage to the public’s trust and faith in official science, and, finally, the public’s relentless struggle for a right of us, goes beyond the headlines. Most importantly: clean water” .

The original premiere of the documentary was postponed out of respect for the victims of the tragedy. OxideBaldwin’s script worked as an actor and producer on the film. On October 21, during a rehearsal in Bonazza, New Mexico, cinematographer Halina Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza injured when Baldwin accidentally fired a shotgun loaded with real ammunition.

Flint: Who can you trust? From Cargo Film and Releasing, produced in partnership with the BBC. Baxter drivers; Producers Richard Finn, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon and Justin Weinstein.

The exclusive clip above opens with a narrative line from Baldwin, followed by footage of the concerned Flint residents coming together. Next, Jessica Gutierrez, mother of five, who sees her children being affected by Flint’s polluted water, talks about the humanitarian impact of the crisis.