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Uranium / directed by: Magnus Isacsson ; produced by: Dale Phillips, Graydon McCrea ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).

Isacsson, Magnus, (film director.). Phillips, Dale, (film producer.). McCrea, Graydon, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (47 min., 59 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Support material:.Support material available.
Agency - English program:.Northwest Centre.
Study guide available.
Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
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 ; music, Michael Becker.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, Buffy Ste-Marie.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1990.
Target Audience Note:
14-17.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:
Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Documentary over 30 minutes, 1991
Honorable Mention - Category: Nuclear Issues , 1992
Chris Certificate - Category: Information/Education - High School, 1961
Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Industrial and Technical, 1961
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-07-01).
Subject: Uranium industry.


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