By Maria Hickey, KWMU
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St. Louis – Herculaneum, Missouri is home to the country's only lead smelter.
In 2002, St. Louis-based Doe Run offered to buy out about 160 homeowners near the plant because of lead pollution.
Now a new documentary called "Unleaded" explores the continued impact of lead on the small community.
What makes this film so unusual is that it was directed, produced and narrated by a high school senior from Kirkwood.
KWMU's Maria Hickey caught up Will Godar to find out why the recent graduate was drawn to Herculaneum's story.