Movie: What Lies Upstream

Top 3 Billed Cast

Martin Riese
Martin Riese

Self

Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich

Self

Rahul Gupta
Rahul Gupta

Self - Dr., director of the West VA Bureau of Public Health

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    In this detective story, filmmaker Cullen Hoback investigates the largest chemical drinking water contamination in a generation. But something is rotten in state and federal regulatory agencies, and through years of persistent journalism, we learn the shocking truth about what’s really happening with drinking water in America.

  • Release Date

    2017-01-20

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

    The truth has been spilled

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    English
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