The Devil We Know
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Description
The Devil We Know by Stephanie Soechtig and Jeremy Seifert follows families in Parkersburg, West Virginia, as C8 contamination tied to Teflon production turns a local scandal into a public-health warning with national reach. Court records, whistleblowers, and lived illness keep the story grounded in ordinary lives, even as the chemical trail moves outward into drinking water, household products, and corporate secrecy. Its force comes from that widening arc, where convenience at home is shown resting on contamination, concealment, and damage carried by others.
Director / Filmmaker
Stephanie Soechtig, Jeremy Seifert
About the Director / Filmmaker
Stephanie Soechtig, director, writer, and producer, and Jeremy Seifert, co-director, bring different energies to the same stretch of American nonfiction. Soechtig built Atlas Films around forceful public-interest documentaries such as Tapped, Fed Up, and Under the Gun, while Seifert’s films, including DIVE! and GMO OMG, are smaller in scale and more personal in their point of entry. The pairing works because one is sharper in advocacy, the other in accessible curiosity.
Stephanie Soechtig, director, writer, and producer, and Jeremy Seifert, co-director, bring different energies to the same stretch of American nonfiction. Soechtig built Atlas Films around forceful public-interest documentaries such as Tapped, Fed Up, and Under the Gun, while Seifert’s films, including DIVE! and GMO OMG, are smaller in scale and more personal in their point of entry. The pairing works because one is sharper in advocacy, the other in accessible curiosity.
Topic
Detoxing, Chronic Illnesses
Who It’s Best For
Those scrutinizing PFAS, corporate concealment, and the human cost of “safe enough” chemical standards are the strongest match. Another fit is viewers trying to understand how pollution becomes a legal, medical, and regulatory fight.
Production Company / Studio
Atlas Films
Approach
Community harm and corporate records share the frame, letting personal testimony and document-driven reporting build the case together. Its method is explicitly exposé-style, pressing culpability and cover-up through accumulation rather than through balanced institutional exchange.
Duration
95 Minutes
Year
2018
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