Reel Causes: Uranium Drive In

Viewers were invited to join Reel Causes and the Wilderness Committee for the Canadian premiere of the award-winning documentary, Uranium Drive-In. With the recent Mount Polley mine disaster, Reel Causes centred this October event around a conversation exploring human and environmental issues of mining and resource extraction.

Uranium Drive-in’s stunning cinematography and compelling story-telling reveal the difficult realities that the mining industry presents for rural communities. It introduced us to the people counting on a proposed uranium mill to escape poverty, and the project’s opponents who are concerned about its far-reaching impacts on health and habitat. Uranium Drive-in puts human portraits at the heart of the complex issues of jobs and the environment and has us asking – Silver, Gold, Uranium… At what cost?

Reel Causes was excited to have Wilderness Committee Director Joe Foy on hand to speak about the local environmental and community impacts of resource extraction and mining. The conversation continued after the film with Uranium Drive-in’s director, Suzan Beraza, joining for a Q & A by Skype.