The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? (1983)
58m
Running Time
November 15, 1983Release Date
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? (1983)
58m
Running Time
November 15, 1983Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona β homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.

Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)

Ignacio Salazar
Self - Driller

Harris Arthur
Self - Natural Resources Consultant

Bruce Babbitt
Self - Governor, Arizona

Esther Heaton
Self - Kane County Commissioner; Alton, UT

Amory Lovins
Self - Friends of the Earth

Glenn Switkes
Producer

Thomas Banyacya
Self - Hopi Spokesperson

Peter MacDonald
Self - Navajo Tribal Chairman (1970-1982)

Peterson Zah
Self - Elected Chairman; Navajo Tribal Council, November 1982

Scott M. Matheson
Self - Governor, Utah

John Ferrell
Self - Utah International

James Carrico
Self - Admin. Asst., Kane County Commission

Caroline Lippincott
Self - Rancher

Sylvan Johnson
Self - Rancher

Russell E. Dickenson
Self - Director, National Park Service

Joseph Wagoner
Self - Epidemiologist

Bud Franz
Self - Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment

Donald Everhart
Self - Manager (1979-1981), Dept. of Energy Uranium Office

Paul Robinson
Self - Environmental Consultant

Thomas Baca
Self - Director (1976-82), N.M. Environmental Improvement Div.

Thomas Buhl
Self - N.M. Environmental Improvement Div.

James Ruttenber
Self - Center for Disease Control

Edward T. Begay
Self - Navajo Tribal Councilman

Lionel Palacio
Self - President, Local 2-708; Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers

Cecilia Belone
Self - Director, Navajo Therapeutic Daycare

John McKlveen
Self - Nuclear Engineer

John Vanderhoof
Self - Former Colorado Governor

Richard Lamm
Self - Governor, Colorado

Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)

Robert O. Anderson
Self - Chairman, ARCO

Randy Hayes
Producer / Sound

Christopher 'Toby' McLeod
Producer / Writer / Director of Photography / Director / Editor

Glenn Switkes
Producer / Director of Photography / Editor

Brian Eno
Additional Music

Marco Alpert
Original Music Composer / Sound Effects

Winona LaDuke
Thanks
Details.
This Movie Is About.
utah
indigenous
new mexico
arizona
colorado
native american
mining
uranium
nuclear waste
water rights
environmental disaster
american southwest
shale oil
industrial pollution
radioactive waste
environmental racism
tailings (mining)