Uranium
This documentary looks at the hazards of uranium mining in Canada. Toxic and radioactive waste pose environmental threats while the traditional economic and spiritual lives of the Indigenous people who occupy this land have been violated. Given our limited knowledge of the associated risks, this film questions the validity of continuing the mining operations.
Buffy Sainte-Marie and Rosalie Bertell in the same film? The Native American singer and the scientist nun expose the risks of mining uranium in the Canadian heartland. The nuclear power defenders get their say, but it’s clear that the cost of mining uranium is too high: it’s the same material that is used to produce nuclear weapons. And the nuclear waste is immensely dangerous.
Douglas Roche
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Buffy Sainte-Marie et Rosalie Bertell dans un même film? La chanteuse américaine autochtone et la religieuse scientifique exposent les risques de l’extraction de l’uranium au centre du Canada. Les défenseurs de la puissance nucléaire ont voix au chapitre, mais il est clair que l’extraction de l’uranium a un coût trop élevé : on utilise également ce métal pour produire des armes nucléaires. Et les résidus radioactifs sont extrêmement dangereux.
Douglas Roche
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Uranium, Magnus Isacsson, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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directorMagnus Isacsson
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producerDale Phillips
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executive producerGraydon McCrea
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scriptMichael Riordon
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cameraBarry Perles
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soundRick GustavsenClancy LivingstonJeremy SagarYvon Benoît
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editingDominique Fortin
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sound editingAndré Chaput
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narratorBuffy Ste-Marie
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musicMichael Becker
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