Introduction

My name is Jenny Pond and, along with Norman Patrick Brown, I am producing a documentary about uranium mining and the devastating effect that it has on the people, livestock, water and agriculture in New Mexico and Arizona. This film has been in production since late January and will be filming through July of this year. It came about through a chance meeting, which took place in November of 2006, some 5,000+ feet down in the Grand Canyon when I first met one of the principals in our film...Damon Watahomigie. He approached me with information concerning uranium mining on the Kaibab Plateau and the current onslaught of interest by mining companies seeking to drill for ore on the Havasuapi's scared sites...as well as in the canyon itself. Pre-production for the film began soon after we first spoke and since then we have interviewed members of the Navajo Nation (Diné), Shoshone of Nevada, Acoma Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo. The impact of this holocaust can be felt throughout the Indigenous lands here and reverberates in countries such as Brazil, India and in places such as the Amazon. These concerns were addressed last year at the Indigenous World Uranium Summit at Window Rock, Navajo Nation (Arizona), USA (see links) when activists from all over the world came to express their concerns over the dangers of uranium mining.
Our goal is bring this film to the public by submitting it to film festivals throughout the country and abroad. We hope to raise the level of awareness concerning the hideous tactics used by mining companies in relationship to the actual mining of this monster and the lack of compenstation. Please feel free to contact us at any time with information or interview requests. Thank you.