International Uranium Film Festival

The International Uranium Film Festival^[1] was founded in 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, and has traveled to Germany, Portugal, India^[2] and the United States. This educational event merges art, ecology, environmentalism and environmental justice, to inform the public about uranium mining and milling, nuclear power issues, nuclear weapons and the nuclear fuel cycle from "cradle to grave" life-cycle assessment - and the effects of radioactivity on humans and other species.^[3] The festival founders and principal organizers are Norbert Suchanek and Marcia Gomes de Oliveira. The legal organizer of the International Uranium Film Festival is the arts and education non-profit "Yellow Archives".^[4] The organizers and the festival participants seek to educate and activate the international public on these issues through the dynamic media of film and video.^[5]

Montage of film stills from the Film Festival

Film themes

The films shown typically have content that critiques and analyzes uranium mining, milling, and use, and the effects there of on land, water and human health. A key objective of the festival is to inform cultures and future generations about the effects of radioactivity and radioactive materials. Public education and open discussion of these matters may lead to a more peaceful, healthy future, and hold promise to promote a safe, sustainable future without nuclear risks.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]} Other themes explore atomic legacy issues, including the research, development, testing and use of nuclear weapons. Many of these events affected specific populations including the Marshall Islanders, Native American cultures in the U.S. Southwest and Northwest, First Nations in Western Canada, among others.

Organizers

The legal organizer of the International Uranium Film Festival is the arts and education non-profit "Yellow Archives".^[4] This charitable organization is registered in Rio de Janeiro and officially recognized by the Brazilian Government. Partners of the festival are the Heinrich Boell Foundation^[13] Brazil, Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art MAM-Rio^[14] and the Technical State School for TV, Cinema, Tourism and Events - Adolpho Bloch of the Foundation for Education and Science FAETEC.^[15]

See also

• Hibakusha
• History of the anti-nuclear movement
• List of films about nuclear issues
• List of Nuclear-Free Future Award recipients
• The Navajo People and Uranium Mining
• The Return of Navajo Boy
• Uranium in the environment
• Uranium mining debate
• World Uranium Hearing

References

1. Suchanek, Norbert, and Gomes de Oliveira, Marcia. . Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Mumbai, DNA (February 9, 2013). "International Uranium Film fest is here from February 11". DNA Analysis. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
3. Smith, Noel Lyn (2013-11-30). "International Uranium Film Festival kicks off Monday in Window Rock, Ariz". Daily Times. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
4. Suchanek, Norbert. "Yellow Archives". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
5. Suchanek, Norbert and Gomes de Oliveira, Marcia. . Uranio em Moviemento. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. Norrell, Brendon. "Navajo Uranium Film Fest Day 2 article and videos". Censored News: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
7. Linford, Laurent (2000). Navajo Places. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press.
8. Uranium mining and the Navajo people
9. Norrell, Brendan. "International Uranium Film Festival coming to Navajo Nation". Censored News: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
10. The Pavilion THeater. "Uranium Film Festival 2014". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
11. . Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
12. Heinrich Böll Stiftung. . Goethe-Institut Washington DC. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
13. HBS European Union Office. . GEF: Green European Foundations. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
14. Museus do Rio. "Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro - MAM-Rio ( Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro- MAM-Rio)". Museus do Rio. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
15. Governo do Rio de Janeiro. "FAETEC É INDICADA AO PRÊMIO PERSONALIDADE EDUCACIONAL 2011". Governor of Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 2 February 2014.