In the small Midwestern city of Oakbridge, a catastrophic chemical disaster unfolds when a production manager at Citichem prioritizes speed over safety to produce a highly toxic substance. The consequences are devastating, resulting in a worker's death and far-reaching harm to the community. Cicely Tyson plays the city manager, who harbors doubts about the operation's ethics.

Acceptable Risks
Toxic waste from a chemical plant poisons a small town's environment, prompting a frantic cover-up by the plant's executives.