Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.
Cast and Crew
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
Ignacio Salazar
Self - Driller
Harris Arthur
Self - Natural Resources Consultant
Bruce Babbitt
Self - Governor, Arizona
Esther Heaton
Self - Kane County Commissioner; Alton, UT
Amory Lovins
Self - Friends of the Earth
Thomas Banyacya
Self - Hopi Spokesperson
Peter MacDonald
Self - Navajo Tribal Chairman (1970-1982)
Peterson Zah
Self - Elected Chairman; Navajo Tribal Council, November 1982
Scott M. Matheson
Self - Governor, Utah
John Ferrell
Self - Utah International
James Carrico
Self - Admin. Asst., Kane County Commission
Caroline Lippincott
Self - Rancher
Sylvan Johnson
Self - Rancher
Russell E. Dickenson
Self - Director, National Park Service
Joseph Wagoner
Self - Epidemiologist
Bud Franz
Self - Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
Donald Everhart
Self - Manager (1979-1981), Dept. of Energy Uranium Office
Paul Robinson
Self - Environmental Consultant
Thomas Baca
Self - Director (1976-82), N.M. Environmental Improvement Div.
Thomas Buhl
Self - N.M. Environmental Improvement Div.
James Ruttenber
Self - Center for Disease Control
Edward T. Begay
Self - Navajo Tribal Councilman
Lionel Palacio
Self - President, Local 2-708; Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers
Cecilia Belone
Self - Director, Navajo Therapeutic Daycare
John McKlveen
Self - Nuclear Engineer
John Vanderhoof
Self - Former Colorado Governor
Richard Lamm
Self - Governor, Colorado
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Robert O. Anderson
Self - Chairman, ARCO
Videos & Trailers
The Four Corners - A National Sacrifice Area? (Bullfrog Films clip)
