What will Canada do with its enormous stockpile of deadly radioactive waste? Currently, many small communities throughout Ontario are considering burying it underneath their boarders
and close to Lake Huron and Lake Superior. When local residents learn about this plan, it sets off a firestorm between those who fear the risks and those who embrace the opportunity.
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00:55:29
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Directors: Colin Scheyen, Shane Smith
Writers: Colin Scheyen
Producers: Jason Scheyen, Colin Scheyen, Shane Smith
Key cast: Helen Caldicott, Tom Zoellner, Spencer Weart
Director: Colin Scheyen
Colin Scheyen is an award-winning director and educator. Much of his work focuses on issues of media literacy and social justice. He is also the author of the upcoming book Beyond Media Literacy, which empowers school teachers and community workers to incorporate multimedia projects into their classroom discussions. Colin’s film explore issues related to community, identity and social issues.
Shane Smith is an award-winning director and owner of Red Salt Productions. Currently residing in Alberta, Shane has worked as a Director, Cinematographer, and Editor across Canada, and spent 8 months working in Ghana Africa doing documentary work. In 2011 he was nominated for a Leo Award for excellence in editing.
Director’s Statement
Nuclear Hope aims to provide some thoughtful discussion to one of humanity’s greatest dilemmas. How do you effectively deal with the most toxic substance the earth has to give? In most cases, important discussions related to nuclear power are often reduced to simple “pro” and “con” perspectives with little regard for the true complexity of the issues at hand. Nuclear Hope attempts to move beyond these simplistic perspectives by providing a thoughtful examination of these issues by considering multiple perspectives of this complex issue and allow the audience to make their own decisions. As the directors, we hope that this film can play a positive role in getting people talking about this problem in order to come to a final solution regarding nuclear waste once and for all.
What will Canada do with its enormous stockpile of deadly radioactive waste? Currently, many small communities throughout Ontario are considering burying it underneath their boarders
and close to Lake Huron and Lake Superior. When local residents learn about this plan, it sets off a firestorm between those who fear the risks and those who embrace the opportunity.
Directors: Colin Scheyen, Shane Smith
Writers: Colin Scheyen
Producers: Jason Scheyen, Colin Scheyen, Shane Smith
Key cast: Helen Caldicott, Tom Zoellner, Spencer Weart
Director: Colin Scheyen
Colin Scheyen is an award-winning director and educator. Much of his work focuses on issues of media literacy and social justice. He is also the author of the upcoming book Beyond Media Literacy, which empowers school teachers and community workers to incorporate multimedia projects into their classroom discussions. Colin’s film explore issues related
to community, identity and social issues.
Shane Smith is an award-winning director and owner of Red Salt Productions. Currently residing in Alberta, Shane has worked as a Director, Cinematographer, and Editor across Canada, and spent 8 months working in Ghana Africa doing documentary work. In 2011 he was nominated for a Leo Award for excellence in editing.
Director’s Statement
Nuclear Hope aims to provide some thoughtful discussion to one of humanity’s greatest dilemmas. How do you effectively deal with the most toxic substance the earth has to give? In most cases, important discussions related to nuclear power are often reduced to simple “pro” and “con” perspectives with little regard for the true complexity of the issues at hand. Nuclear Hope attempts to move beyond these simplistic perspectives by providing a thoughtful examination of these issues by considering multiple perspectives of this complex issue and allow
the audience to make their own decisions. As the directors, we hope that this film can play a positive role in getting people talking about this problem in order to come to a final solution regarding nuclear waste once and for all.
Categories:
International Uranium Film Festival
Montreal & Quebec City
April 16, 2015
World Premiere
Canada International Film Festival
Vancouver
April 11, 2015
Rising Star Award
Uranium Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro
June 1, 2015
South American Premiere
Pakistan Internation Mountain Film Festival
Islamabad, Pakistan
May 29, 2015
South Asian Premiere
Voices From The Water International Film Festival
Bangalore, India
Indian Premiere
student project: No
completion date: 2015-01-15
shooting format: Digital
aspect ratio: 16:9
film color: Color
first-time filmmaker: Yes
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