A Tale of Two Cities

Screened at FCFF 2019

Film Synopsis

A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of two very different Michigan communities, small-town Evart and industrial Flint, that have found their futures inextricably linked by a threat to the one thing that all life requires: water.

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