The Return of Navajo Boy
An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and PBS, The Return of Navajo Boy is an internationally acclaimed documentary that reunited a Navajo family and triggered a federal investigation into uranium contamination. It tells the story of Elsie Mae Begay, whose history in pictures reveals an incredible and ongoing struggle for environmental justice. A powerful new epilogue (produced in 2008) shows how the film and Groundswell Educational Films outreach campaign create news and rally supporters including Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA). The Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform mandated a clean-up plan by the five agencies responsible for uranium contamination. Ironically, the US EPA's Comprehensive Five-Year Plan did not include Ms. Begay's backyard, until she travelled with this film to Washington, DC and screened it on Capitol Hill in September, 2008.
Year: 2000
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Director: Jeff Spitz
Cast: Lorenzo Begay, Elsie Mae Cly Begay, Bill Kennedy, John Wayne Cly
Crew: Jeff Spitz (Co-Producer), Bennie Klain (Co-Producer), Jeff Spitz (Director)
Runtime: 52 minutes
Release: Jan 28, 2000
IMDb: 8.00/10 by 1 users
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Language: English,
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