Somba Ke : the money place / directed and produced by David Henningson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Henningson, David, director, producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bearlake Indians--Health and hygiene.

Bearlake Indians.

Uranium mines and mining--Health aspects--Northwest Territories--Port Radium.

Uranium mines and mining.

Uranium mines and mining--Environmental aspects--Northwest Territories--Port Radium.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

In the 1940s, the uranium for the Manhattan Project was secretly supplied from a mine in the Canadian Arctic. At the time, no one knew what the effects of uranium in any of its forms would be on human life. Mined by indigenous people, there was little attention given to the fact that many in the community later sickened and died from various cancers. In addition, a valuable source of fresh water became contaminated. This groundbreaking documentary travels to the Arctic, New Mexico, Shanghai, Hiroshima and New York City to follow the multi-million dollar investigation into the effects on those who were witnesses to the very dawn of the atomic age. With the promise of huge profits, a uranium exploration company is eager to reopen the abandoned mine in the Arctic, called Somba Ke by the local people. Renewed mining in the uranium-rich north promises new economic opportunities to impoverished First Nations. With dire warnings about the world's dwindling oil supplies and concerns over global warming, nuclear power is increasingly embraced. This powerful documentary is a stark reminder of the human cost of this endeavor.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015).

OCLC:

911954872

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.