‘Out of Plain Sight’ hits the screen at River Action event

Documentary follows environmental disaster

By: Dave Thompson|January 27, 2026

|4 min read

Rosanna Xia, a Los Angeles Times environmental reporter, talks about her work Sunday, Jan. 25, during an event at St. Ambrose University, Davenport. Ms. Xia’s documentary, “Out of Plain Sight,” was shown there as part of the QC Environmental Film Series. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

As Quad Cities environmental advocate Kathy Wine watched the documentary “Out of Plain Sight” on Sunday, Jan. 25, she found lessons in it for the Quad Cities.

The 94-minute documentary, produced by the Los Angeles Times, looks at the massive, secret dumping of millions of barrels of DDT toxic waste in the Pacific Ocean off the…

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‘Out of Plain Sight’ hits the screen at River Action event

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