St. James, Louisiana—a town of about 800 people—is home to 2,400 acres currently slated for development by a controversial plastics refinery. These aerial images are from scenes that I shot for a documentary crew attempting to oppose the project.
![Saint James, Louisiana, population 828 Saint James, Louisiana, population 828](https://paprikastudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/6AB1AB1F3CF812D2EC67E1C296488334.jpg)
![Sugar can currently grows at the site where Formosa plans to build a plastics facility Sugar can currently grows at the site where Formosa plans to build a plastics facility](https://paprikastudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/A0D328FFF00AF29DAAA81D307B05C6A2.jpg)
![To the east, St. James sits against the Mississippi River, to the south it buts against oil tanks To the east, St. James sits against the Mississippi River, to the south it buts against oil tanks](https://paprikastudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/97E4C42CC37383AE7461671DCA837138.jpg)
St. James, Louisiana—a town of about 800 people—is home to 2,400 acres currently slated for development by a controversial plastics refinery. These aerial images are from scenes that I shot for a documentary crew attempting to oppose the project.