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 |
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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: |
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Public Film Contact: |
Adriel Luis
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Publicity Contact: |
Lovely Umayam
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