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Film Festival/Nuclear Legacy
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From: Wade Nelson [mailto:wade727@wadenelson.com]
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PRESS RELEASE
DURANGO COLORADO FILM FESTIVAL
FOR RELEASE: MARCH 3RD, 2004
A new documentary, premiering at the Durango Film Festival, March 8th an 9th, 2004, @ 9 a.m. at the Durango Arts Center highlights New Mexico's nuclear legacy.
The film is entitled "Do it For Uncle Graham," and takes viewers on a humorous, but factual 60 year tour of New Mexico's nuclear past, present, and future.
"Do it for Uncle Graham" was written and produced by filmmaker Candy Jones, who narrates the tour" "Do itŠ" runs 87 minutes. It is available in both DVD and VHS formats.
The film takes viewers on a nuclear road trip through New Mexico. Viewers travel in time from Los Alamos National Labs, during the Manhattan Project to the recent Cerro Grande fire, to Sandia Labs, to the the nation's only operating nuclear waste facility, WiPP, with detours to blast sites including Trinity, Project Gnome, and Gasbuggy.
The potential location of a new nuclear bomb factory in New Mexico (referred to by DOE as the "Modern Pit Facility") is examined, as are groundwater contamination issues resulting from the Cerro Grande fire at LANL and uranium mining on Native lands. While presenting important, and factual information, "Do itŠ" manages to keep a light-hearted, decide-for-yourself tone.
A website offers information on the film, with numerous links providing background information on several of the individual "stories" developed within the film.
http://www.doitforunclegraham.com
In the film producer Candy Jones contrasts DOE's claim of providing "Transparency, Openness, and Communication" with the "Deception, Denial, and "Creative Communication" she and others regularly encounter when attempting to learn the truth about nuclear events, accidents, and safety issues.
The film contains interviews with the likes of senior statesman Stewart Udall, former AIM leader Russell Means, Helen Caldicott, the New Mexico Environment Department's James Bearzi, former EPA and NMED hazardous waste inspector Greg Mello, WiPP employees, and footage of State Legislative Committee hearings in which people testify about communications problems with LANL.
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