Abby Ellis
Filmmaker-in-Residence
Abby Ellis, an award-winning producer and director, is the 2020 Hollyhock Filmmaker-in-Residence. Most recently, she wrote, produced and directed the FRONTLINE documentary Flint’s Deadly Water, a two-year investigation into one of the largest Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in US history, which occurred amid Flint’s lead poisoning crisis in 2014-15.
The film exposes financial motives that led to the deadly outbreak, the negligence of officials who allowed it to continue and the efforts to obstruct the legal and scientific investigations around it. Most importantly, the film examines the death toll in Flint only to find that the actual number of deaths is likely many times higher...
Stories from Abby Ellis
Is the Fear Factor Overblown in Police Shootings?
Shots Fired
Nine Former Michigan Officials, Including Ex-Gov. Rick Snyder, Charged in Flint Water Crisis
Michigan Reaches $600M Settlement in Flint Water Crisis Case
We Found Dozens of Uncounted Deaths During the Flint Water Crisis. Here’s How.
Flint’s Deadly Water
Five Years In, the Flint Water Crisis Continues Its Deadly Toll
Flint Water Crisis Deaths Likely Surpass Official Toll
New Video Shows Undercover FBI Operation Against Bundy Family
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Teacher Center
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Koo and Patricia Yuen
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