The river that harms / USC School of Journalism ; Varitel Video ; produced, directed & written by Colleen Keane.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Keane, Colleen, producer, director, screenwriter.

Campanella, Joseph, narrator.

University of Southern California. School of Journalism, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uranium mill tailings--Environmental aspects--Puerco River Watershed (N.M. and Ariz.).

Uranium mill tailings.

Radioactive waste disposal--Puerco River Watershed (N.M. and Ariz.).

Radioactive waste disposal.

Uranium mines and mining--New Mexico.

Uranium mines and mining.

Navajo Indians--Water-supply.

Navajo Indians.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Environmental films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46 minutes)

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Video Project, 1987.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This illuminating film documents the largest radioactive waste spill in U.S. history - a national tragedy that received little attention. With the sound of a thunderclap, 94 million gallons of water contaminated with uranium mining waste broke through a United Nuclear Corporation storage dam in 1979. The water poured into the Puerco River in New Mexico - the main water supply for the Navajo Indians that live along the river, and a tributary of the major source of water for Los Angeles. Navajo ranchers, their children, and farm animals waded through the river unaware of the danger. The River That Harms tells the story of this tragedy and the toll it continues to take on the Navajos, who lost the use of their water. To the Navajos, this event is also a prophetic warning for all humanity.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 03, 2017).

OCLC:

986444123