TOLEDO, OH — The Park Center For Independent Media announced this years winners of the 17th Annual Izzy Awards, including the documentary “Trainwreck In Trump Country,” directed by Toledo filmmaker Mike Balonek, produced by The Real News Network, and featuring TRNN’s Maximillian Alvarez and the Pittsburgh Union Progress’s Steve Mellon doing on the ground reporting about the aftermath of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
The film follows residents as they try to organize their community to make more people aware of the tragedy that’s unfolding there, and advocate for the government to relocate sick residents and give them the healthcare they need to live out the rest of their lives.
Past recipients of the award include Glenn Greenwald, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Democracy Now!, Mother Jones Magazine, Truthout.org, among many other esteemed members of the independent press.
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