THE COST OF SILENCE

By Mark MANNING

SUBMARINE ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2020
U.S. Documentary Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mark MANNING
    • Synopsis
    • On April 20, 2010, a deadly explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit resulted in the largest environmental disaster in American history. To clean up the estimated 130 million gallons of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days, chemical dispersants were used in unprecedented quantities, and the public was assured that they were safe. Almost immediately, local residents and workers began to develop health problems. Nearly a decade later, they are still suffering the consequences, with no one held accountable.