By: Ashmar Mandou

Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (P.E.R.R.O.) premiered it’s highly anticipated documentary “Monsters” last Friday at the National Museum of Mexican Art.

“Monsters,” showcased the fight to close Chicago’s coal-fired power plants. The film was produced by film makers affiliated with the environmental organization Greenpeace and features PERRO’s efforts to combat the Pilsen neighborhood’s biggest polluter, the Fisk coal fired power plant on Cermak which ceased operations in September of 2012 after a decade long campaign.