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The return of Navajo Boy [videorecording] : [videorecording] / directed by Jeff Spitz ; co-producers, Jeff Spitz & Bennie Klain.

"The Return of Navajo Boy ... 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 20...

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Corporate Author: Groundswell Educational Films
Other Authors: Spitz, Jeff (Producer, Director), Klain, Bennie (Producer), Begay, Lorenzo (Narrator), Eveslage, Mark (director of photography.), Karp, Sharon (Film editor), Spotted Eagle, Douglas (Composer)
Other title:Making a difference.
Navaho Boy, the Monument Valley story.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Portuguese
Published: [Chicago, IL] : Groundswell Educational Films, 2011.
Edition:15th anniversary ed.
Subjects:
Begay, Elsie Mae.
Navajo Indians > Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) > Social conditions.
Navajo Indians > Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) > Social life and customs.
Navajo Indians > Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) > Claims.
Navajo Indians > Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) > Government relations.
Uranium mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Radioactivity > Physiological effect > Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Environmental films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Films for hard of hearing people.
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Summary:"The Return of Navajo Boy ... 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, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform who has mandated a clean-up plan by the five agencies that are responsible for uranium contamination."--Container.
Item Description:Originally filmed as a documentary in 2008.
Extra features: Epilogue ; 6 webisodes ; impact slideshow ; Navaho Boy film ; photo gallery ; trailers & subtitles.
"As broadcast nationally on PBS"--Container.
Physical Description:1 DVD (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Mark Eveslage ; edited by Sharon Karp ; music by Douglas Spotted Eagle ; advisors, Francis Mike ... [et al.] ; Navajo translations & subtitles, Bennie Klain.
Participant or Performer:Narrator, Lorenzo Begay.
Language:English and Navajo with English, French, and Portuguese subtitles.

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