UNNATURAL
DISASTEr
BENEATH THE SURFACE LIES A TOWN'S UNSPOKEN TRUTH
For decades, Anniston’s soil harbored secrets while its people carried the burden. When the chemicals couldn’t be contained, neither could their voices.
Unnatural Disaster chronicles a community’s relentless pursuit of justice against forces that altered their land, their bodies, and their future—revealing how corporate power and government complicity nearly erased a town’s story from America’s conscience.
Two decades after the headlines faded, the contamination never left. In this Southern town shaped by pride, memory, and uneasy silence, new threats surface even as old toxins linger.
The Town
Nestled in Alabama’s foothills, Anniston embodied the American promise built on industry, fortified by military pride, adorned with Southern grace.
This is a town where prosperity and contamination flowed from the same source.
The Chemical
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are molecules engineered for industrial perfection, invisible architects of modern progress.
By the time the world recognized their danger, they had already rewritten Anniston’s cellular history.
The Fight
When the truth began to rise, it wasn’t lawyers or headlines leading the charge.
It was neighbors. Factory workers. Single moms. Local legends.
This is the story of those who stayed, spoke up, and stood firm against odds that felt immovable.
