In its 13th year, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF), which is based in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, comes to Portland as part of its multi-city US tour. From Hiroshima, the Manhattan Project, Fukushima and everything in between, where Oppenheimer dared not go, these films from around the world throw much needed light on all nuclear issues. Jan Haaken's film, ATOMIC BAMBOOZLE: THE FALSE PROMISE OF A NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE, was selected for the tour and is screening here in Portland along with ATOMIC COVER-UP, directed by Greg Miller, and DEMON MINERAL, directed by Hadley Austin. On today's show, Jan talks with Hadley Austin about DEMON MINERAL and how she and her team approached the tragic and ongoing legacy of uranium mining in the Southwest in this award-winning film.
2024 INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL US TOUR
When: Wednesday, April 17th and Thursday, April 18th, doors open at 6 pm
Where: First Unitarian Church, Eliot Chapel, 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland 97205
Tickets: $5-20 suggested donation at the door
Wednesday:
ATOMIC COVER-UP, USA, 2021, directed by Greg Mitchell, USA, 52 minutes.
ATOMIC BAMBOOZLE: THE FALSE PROMISE OF A NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE, directed by Jan Haaken, USA, 47 minutes (2024 Special Jury Award). Followed by panel/ Q & A including Director Jan Haaken. Moderated by Dr. Patricia Kullberg, OR Physicians for Social Responsibility
Thursday:
DEMON MINERAL, directed by Hadley Austin, USA, 95 minutes (2024 Best First Feature Female Documentary Award). Screening followed by panel/ Q & A. Moderated by Dr. Patricia Kullberg.
ABOUT IUFF
Coming to Portland in its13th year, the International Uranium Film Festival is dedicated to films about nuclear power and weapons; nuclear victims and environmental justice; and the risks of radioactivity, from uranium mining to nuclear waste. From Hiroshima, the Manhattan Project, Fukushima and everything in between, where Oppenheimer dared not go, these films throw much needed light on all nuclear issues, past, present and future. Local sponsors are the Economic Action Group of the First Unitarian Church, Oregon Conservancy Foundation, and Alliance for Democracy.
ATOMIC BAMBOOZLE, directed by Jan Haaken and featuring Oregon history, was selected for the 2024 US tour and screens in four cities in the Pacific Northwest in April: Vancouver BC, April 12th, Seattle, April 14th, Olympia, April 16th, and Portland, April 17th. The film received the IUFF Special Jury Award for tackling the current push for small nuclear reactors.
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