Marshall University Women Connect and People Concerned About Chemical Safety, a company in Charleston, are screening “Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain” at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Memorial Student C enter, r oom BE5.

The film, commemorating the 30-year anniversary of the incident, tells the story of the world’s deadliest industrial disaster.

In 1984, a Union Carbide pesticide leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) killed more than 10,000 people in Bhopal, India.

The film follows the story of a journalist investigating an accidental death at the plant in Bhopal and a CEO facing falling profits, while his employees use un-safe and unregulated technology.

Maya Nye, executive director of PCACS said the disaster is everyone should be knowledgeable about because the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal was modeled after the plant in Institute, West Virginia.

“There is a particular interest in this disaster because Union Carbide is the same company we have nearby in South Charleston,” Nye, said. “We still continue to make and store five times the amount of chemicals as what was present in the accident.”

There will be a Q&A with guest speakers and health issues related to recent and prior industrial disasters will be discussed after the screening.

Laura Diener, director of women’s studies, said the disaster has caused issues in more ways than one.

“The disaster has caused ongoing issues in women’s health, medically and genetically.”

Women in India are still suffering from reproductive health issues as a result of the disaster.

Nye said looking at the lasting results of the Bhopal disaster, leads citizens to think more about the long-term effects of other disasters like the water crisis in Charleston last year.

Tickets are $5 to the public and student tickets are free through MU Student Activities.

Proceeds will support the film “Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain.”

Hannah Harman can be contacted at [email protected].