PEOPLE RISING: IVY CITY

People Rising: Ivy City, chronicles the active fight to close National Engineering Products (NEP), a chemical facility that has polluted the air with the smell of formaldehyde and burning tar since the 1930s. It inconspicuously operates in a poor, Black residential neighborhood and even shares a wall with a family home - including 6 children - all of whom have had negative health impacts since moving in. This short documentary follows Sebrena Rhodes, Ivy City resident and community organizer, as she and partners combine the power of law with the power of organizing in the fight to close NEP. Produced by Namati in partnership with Empower DC.