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Uranium
199047 min 59 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Magnus Isacsson
Production: Dale PhillipsGraydon McCrea
Script: Michael Riordon
Uranium explores the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Because of toxic and radioactive waste, there are profound, long-term environmental hazards associated with uranium mining. For miners who work at the sites, there is the substantially increased risk of getting cancer. And, because most of the mining to date has been on Indigneous People's land, uranium mining violates their traditional economic and spiritual lives. Given our limited knowledge of the risks associated with uranium mining, this film questions the validity of its continuation.
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Subject categories
- Work and Labour Relations > Cultural GroupsWorking Conditions
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Environmental IssuesHealth and Safety
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Environmental IssuesHealth and SafetyWork
- Mining > Environmental and Industrial IllnessMetalsUranium
- Environment and Conservation > Indigenous ConcernsPollutionSocial and Industrial Development
- Science > Earth Science and Geology
- Social Studies > Environmental Challenges
- Geography > Environmental Issues
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
Credits
- director
- Magnus Isacsson
- producer
- Dale Phillips
- executive producer
- Graydon McCrea
- script
- Michael Riordon
- camera
- Barry Perles
- sound
- Rick Gustavsen
- Clancy Livingston
- Jeremy Sagar
- Yvon Benoît
- editing
- Dominique Fortin
- sound editing
- André Chaput
- narrator
- Buffy Ste-Marie
- music
- Michael Becker
Awards
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Documentary over 30 minutesYorkton Film Festival
- Honorable Mention - Category: Nuclear Issues Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Chris Certificate - Category: Information/Education - High School International Film and Video Festival
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Industrial and TechnicalItinerant - American Film and Video Festival