[NFBofSC] iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies - October 16, 2020

[Steve Cook]

This week’s film portrays a real-life heroine who helped uncover one of the biggest environmental crimes in history. She was a divorced mom of three with few employment prospects who talked her way into a job at a law firm, began an investigation on her own initiative and played a key role in a pollution suit that cost Pacific Gas & Electric a $333 million settlement.

We encourage everyone to stay connected while staying home and practicing social distancing.  To help bring old friends together and to meet new ones, we have created iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies on Friday evenings.  The movies are the audio track (no video) with audio description. Please share with others.

WHEN:  Friday, October 16, 8:00 PM (Central Time).  You may join in starting at 7:30 PM for the pre-movie social time. Discussion will follow immediately after the movie.

Feature: Erin Brockovich (2000)

R (Language) 2hr 11min, Drama, Biography

Storyline:

Erin Brockovich-Ellis is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her law firm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.

  

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writer: Susannah Grant

Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin | See full cast

Won 1 Oscar (Best Actress). Another 32 wins & 59 nominations. See more awards

Review:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/erin-brockovich-2000

iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies is conducted on the Zoom conference platform.  We recommend using the Zoom app which may be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

To join a meeting, you may click on the following link:

https://zoom.us/j/7428486329?pwd=M003RmZaa3pTbWRlZ00xbSs4YTlmUT09

You may also dial in using the following methods (long distance charges may apply)

One tap mobile from a smartphone

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Meeting ID: 742 848 6329

Password:  369978

We hope that you and your families are staying safe and healthy.  

 

Blessings,

The iBUG Today Team

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