The actor does a brilliant job of probing the alleged dumping of \u2018forever chemicals\u2019 in Wales. After grilling a stranger for two days, his investigation turns up horrible incidents \u2013 including potential links to cancer cases<\/p>\n\n
You may scoff at celebrity-fronted documentaries, but there\u2019s no need to moan about Buried With Michael Sheen, an investigation into how toxic \u201cforever chemicals\u201d<\/a> were dumped in Welsh quarries in the middle of the 20th century. Much of our knowledge of the subject comes from a filmed interview given nearly 10 years ago by the environmental campaigner Douglas Gowan, who, after decades of trying to raise awareness, had only weeks to live and wanted to divulge all he had learned. The person behind the camera and asking the questions? Sheen.<\/p>\n The actor and director is a little coy about how or why he came to spend two days \u2013 two days! \u2013 grilling a stranger to create the most valuable document we have about an underappreciated injustice. He says something about stumbling across Gowan online during a career lull and wanting to know more. But however it happened, the fact is that the best qualified person to present this two-parter is the award-winning Hollywood star, so here he is.<\/p>\n
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