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Summary:

"Demon Mineral can be considered an anti-Western, flipping the classical cinematic paradigm by centering the voices and experiences of the Diné community to explore the legacy of uranium mining in Diné Bikeyah, the sacred homelands of the Navajo where over 500 unremediated mines are scattered across an area the size of West Virginia. In the span of just four generations entire ways of living have been lost or severely compromised, as mining has contaminated the air, water, livestock, and land upon which the community relies for its existence. The film also celebrates the actions the Diné community is taking to fight against new mines and improve life in an irradiated ecosystem which has resulted in a sharp rise in cancer, kidney failure, and other diseases...In keeping with Diné relations with the earth, the land itself is also a central character whose history, purpose, and power is explored. Through community elders, a valuable oral history is shared that expands the scale from the profit-drive short term of mining companies to the cosmic timeline upon which Uranium exists and breaks down. Some Diné adhere to the tenets of an origin story wherein a demon contentedly lives in the earth. The demon will bother no-one unless disturbed, having been laid there by a formidable warrior. Uranium, for millions of years to come, is perhaps this demon made real"-- [Video Project website]

Contributors:

Austin, Hadley , film director, screenwriter

Shinaar, Nevo , film producer

Robbins, Emma , film producer, on-screen participant

Rock, Tommy (Earth scientist) , screenwriter, on-screen participant

Keyanna, Terry , on-screen participant

Formidable Entities (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Video Project , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Dialogue in English.

Subjects:

Uranium mines and mining — Environmental aspects — Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah

Uranium — Health aspects — Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah

Environmental disasters — New Mexico — Church Rock

Environmental justice — Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah

Navajo Indians — Government relations — History — 20th century

Navajo Indians — Health and hygiene — History — 20th century

Uranium mines and mining — Waste disposal — Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah

Uranium mines and mining — Political aspects — Southwest, New — History — 20th century

Uranium mines and mining — Social aspects — Southwest, New — History — 20th century

Radiation — Health aspects — Southwest, New — History — 20th century

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah — History — 20th century

1900-1999

Uranium mines and mining

Uranium

Environmental disasters

Environmental justice

Navajo Indians — Government relations

Navajo Indians

Navajo Indians — Health and hygiene

Uranium mines and mining — Waste disposal

Uranium mines and mining — Political aspects

Uranium mines and mining — Social aspects

Radiation — Health aspects

Radiation

Uranium mines and mining — Environmental aspects

New Mexico — Church Rock

New Southwest

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah

Genres:

Documentary films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Nonfiction films

History

System Details:

DVD-R.
NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.

Performers:

With: Terry Keyanna, Emma Robbins, Lisa Robbins, Dr. Tommy Rock, Leona Morgan, Testify, Jeneda and Clayson Benally, Jones Benally, Helen Nez, Deb Haaland.

Production Credits:

Cinematography by Yoni Goldstein ; editing by Timothy Fryett ; sound by Julian Flavin.

General Notes:

Closed captioned in English.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2023.
Public performance rights included. See license record l10016879
Description based on: Title from container.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; burning; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; sound

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

TN490.U7 D383 DEM 2023 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Video Project: DEM-2048

OCLC Numbers:

1422163195