Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History

'Ways of Knowing' is an immersive documentary about Navajo resilience to protect health, tradition, and land after enduring extensive uranium mining by the United States government throughout the Cold War. Eight decades after the Manhattan Project which birthed the nuclear-industrial complex, Indigenous communities across the American Southwest continue to suffer from toxic exposure, and live among contaminated land and waterways. But the landscape and its elements – including uranium – have been considered sacred long before this history. 'Ways of Knowing' illuminates how, despite generations of personal and environmental trauma, there is still a profound reason for hope and healing.

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Credits

Director:

Kayla Briët

Executive Producer:

Sunny Dooley

Producer:

Lovely Umayam, Adriel Luis

Screenwriter:

Lovely Umayam

Cinematographer:

Kayla Briët

Editor:

Frisly Soberanis

Sound Designer:

Patrick Huang

Music:

Renata Yazzie, Kino Benally, Alan Nakagawa, Chris Marianetti

Principal Cast:

Sunny Dooley, Tina Garnanez, Dr. Tommy Rock, Janene Yazzie, Bobby Leonard Mason

Additional Credits:

Production Assistant: Carmille Garcia

Contact

Distributor:

info@waysofknowing.us

Public Film Contact:

Adriel Luis
Bombshelltoe
info@waysofknowing.us

Publicity Contact:

Lovely Umayam
lovely@bombshelltoe.com
+1 213-400-8583

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2025
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22 mins