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URANIUM

48 minutes/Grades 10-Adult

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada/A film by Magnus
Isacsson/ Narrated by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Filled with unforgettable images, this is a devastating look at
the consequence of mining uranium, whether for bombs or nuclear
power plants. Because of toxic and radioactive waste, there are
profound, long-term environmental hazards associated with uranium
mining. For miners there is the substantially increased risk of
getting cancer. And because most of the mining to date both in
Canada and the U.S. has been on land historically used by native
populations, uranium mining violates the traditional economic and
spiritual lives of many aboriginal people. Canada, where this film
was shot, has the world's richest vein of uranium, and a recent
history of violent confrontation over native rights. This film is
but one example of how our society's need for resources causes us
to trample on native peoples rights. Given our limited knowledge
of the range of environmental risks associated with uranium
mining, and the social problems that ensue, the film questions the
validity of continuing to mine it.

Awards: Best Documentary, Yorkton Film Festival; Special Merit
Award, EarthPeace International Film Festival; International
Environmental Film Festival, Boulder

• "One of the most powerful recent films that I have seen." Dr.
  Helen Caldicott
  

• "If spotted owls, marbled murrelets and beluga whales are
  indicators of the state of the environment, the native people
  offer similar warnings of the cost of our profligate short-sighted
  ways." Dr. David Suzuki
  

• "URANIUM should be compulsory viewing for all advocates of
  nuclear power." Moving Pictures Bulletin
  

Subject Areas: ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL STUDIES, NATIVE RIGHTS, ETHICS,
POLITICAL SCIENCE, RESOURCES,

ISBN: 0-7722-0374-1

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