The Sacrifice Zone

The Ironbound Community Corporation was created in 1969 to envision a safe, healthy, just, and nurturing environment for its residents. This film highlights a war waged by Maria Lopez-Nuñez, community leader and member of ICC, against corporations polluting the air of Ironbound, in New Jersey.

The film shows the long history of protest and civil resistance that has taken place within the region. in order to combat incoming toxic waste from its surrounding factories. In Ironbound, a community of 50,000 people, there are over 200 toxic waste sites, making the air a potent and harmful cocktail of pollutants. The term sacrifice zone is used to designate the generational harm caused to residents by the consumption that is driving forward production in the area.