Uranium

A sober, urgent documentary that lays out environmental and human costs with quiet anger and clear-eyed testimony.

Directed by

Magnus Isacsson

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Overview

Explores the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Toxic and radioactive waste pose profound, long-term environmental hazards. Miners suffer a substantially increased risk of getting cancer. Most mining occurs on Indigenous People's land, violating their traditional economic and spiritual lives. Given our limited knowledge of the risks associated with uranium mining, why continue?

How it feels

Earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Environment, colonialism, corruption, survival

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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