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 – 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
Director of Photography / Producer / Writer / Director / Editor
Glenn Switkes
Producer / Director of Photography / Editor
Marco Alpert
Original Music Composer / Sound Effects
Brian Eno
Additional Music
Winona LaDuke
Thanks
Details.
This Movie Is About.
native american
indigenous
water rights
colorado
arizona
mining
uranium
utah
new mexico
nuclear waste
environmental disaster
american southwest
shale oil
industrial pollution
radioactive waste
environmental racism
tailings (mining)