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Two headstrong conservative Mormon housewives, bent on preserving
open space near Utah's Jordan River for their children and coming
generations, speak out publicly against a multimillion-dollar
commercial project that would encroach on the river and destroy
wildlife habitat. They are promptly sued by the wealthy,
influential, and powerful developers for $1.7 million. When these
women choose to stand their ground and fight, the developers do
everything in their power to use these women as "whipping moms" so
that no citizen or city will ever dare oppose their developments in
the future. On these bones of a classic American story (based on
actual events), a cast of fascinating characters fleshes out. A
bipolar lone-wolf environmental activist forms an alliance with the
women and becomes the story's x-factor. A diverse team of lawyers,
including a civil rights attorney, supply the women with legal
assistance. The developers' network of family members, business
associates, political cronies, judges, and church leaders reaches
deep into small-town Salt Lake County. Here, they inevitably cross
paths with the housewives and their allies. Neighborhood vandalism,
vicious gossip, and dirty tricks ensue. The two beleaguered
housewives and their ragtag grassroots supporters hunker down to
resist a brutal lawsuit, intended to shut them up and break them
with legal bills. An important environmental fight morphs into an
even more significant battle for free speech. Will a glass and
concrete city rise in the river bottoms?
Two headstrong conservative Mormon housewives, bent on preserving
open space near Utah's Jordan River for their children and coming
generations, speak out publicly against a multimillion-dollar
commercial project that would encroach on the river and destroy
wildlife habitat. They are promptly sued by the wealthy,
influential, and powerful developers for $1.7 million. When these
women choose to stand their ground and fight, the developers do
everything in their power to use these women as "whipping moms" so
that no citizen or city will ever dare oppose their developments in
the future. On these bones of a classic American story (based on
actual events), a cast of fascinating characters fleshes out. A
bipolar lone-wolf environmental activist forms an alliance with the
women and becomes the story's x-factor. A diverse team of lawyers,
including a civil rights attorney, supply the women with legal
assistance. The developers' network of family members, business
associates, political cronies, judges, and church leaders reaches
deep into small-town Salt Lake County. Here, they inevitably cross
paths with the housewives and their allies. Neighborhood vandalism,
vicious gossip, and dirty tricks ensue. The two beleaguered
housewives and their ragtag grassroots supporters hunker down to
resist a brutal lawsuit, intended to shut them up and break them
with legal bills. An important environmental fight morphs into an
even more significant battle for free speech. Will a glass and
concrete city rise in the river bottoms?
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