Government officials and wealthy businessmen have forced their village to be home to several polluting plants, including the largest Jiucailuo Chemical.

Village heads are receiving funds from company executives and this has led to hesitation among local residents to speak up.

One resident identified as Zhang Gongli has taught himself Chinese law and sued in 2004 and 2005 and lost both times.

40 local school children wrote to the environmental protection bureau and made national headlines when their essays were published in the papers.

Zhang and a member of Green Anhui venture to Beijing to file a petition with national officials.

However, the local government is seen giving full permissions to the factory to begin production, leading to another protest and altercation.

The villages remained steadfast to their movement and in 2008 TV crews and journalists publicized the factory's wrongdoings.

Water and power are shut off to the plants and Jiucailuo Chemical is forced to relocate to an industrial park.

This film focuses solely on environmental pollution in a single village and the devastating effects it has had on the local populous.

Environmental Activism- Even when facing death threats and experiencing vandalism Zhang and the rest of the villagers remained steadfast thin their fight against pollution.

Zhang was fortunate to have an education up to the middle school level because unlike so many others he is able to write and file suits.

In the film, we see the government allow pollution or turn a blind eye to it because stopping it would "hurt the economy."

This is fully on display when villagers are threatened to be arrested (by the government) for pointing out pollutant problems to inspectors.