Film exposes the scandal of depleted uranium weapons

Uranio 238 on Youtube:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EUp5j1481g
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgZs1lyuGQ
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4h6IeCalo
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uodiHzrefI

Depleted uranium documentary wins best short at International Uranium Film Festival, International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, 12 Aug 11, Costa Rican production: URANIUM 238 – The Pentagon´s Dirty Pool wins best short film category of the First International Uranium Film Festival 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The documentary URANIO 238 – The Pentagon´s Dirty Pool, produced by Pablo Ortega, won the prize for best short documentary in the Uranium Film Festival, which took place May 22 to 28 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. URANIO 238 had also won best documentary in the Costa Rican Movie and Video Festival in 2009.

Thirty four international productions surrounding the nuclear fuel chain were chosen by a jury and were shown in two theaters in the beautiful suburb of Santa Teresa. More than a thousand people had the opportunity to view documentaries and films produced in Brazil, India, Australia, the Netherlands, UK, Costa Rica, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, the United States, Japan, South Africa and other countries, where organizations and filmakers are speaking out against the risks and dangers associated with the nuclear industry.

URANIO 238, produced for the San José Quaker Peace Center, has a duration of 28 minutes, and analizes the impact on the health of civilians and military personnel from the use of depleted uranium, which is currently used in conventional weapons. “Through interviews with soldiers and activists, the documentary explores the health risks when this material is ingested or inhaled by people in war zones or test areas,” Ortega explained……

“Used in 1991 in the first Gulf War, the Balkans conflict, and later on in the second invasion of Iraq, this dangerous toxic and radioactive waste is associated with alarming rises in cancer rates, infant malformations and other health effects among civilian populations in war zones and soldiers who are deployed in these wars or live next to DU testing sites,” according to Damacio Lopez of IDUST….

This documentary is part of a worldwide campaign to ban the use of uranium weapons in wars. The International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) is a global network which seeks an international treaty banning DU weapons world wide. As part of these efforts, peace activists recently celebrated on April 28th 2011, the passing by the Legislature of Costa Rica, of a reform to Costa Rica´s Arms Law, banning the use, manufacture, transit, production and distribution of uranium weapons.
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Those present in Brazil would agree with the words of Norbert Suchanek, General Director of the Film Festival, “This International Film Festival is not only about screening films it is about making friends”. These friends will carry these films to as many places as possible to spread the facts about the risks associated with the nuclear industry.

The festival team invites film makers and film enthusiasts around the world to participate in the Second International Uranium Film Festival, to be held May-June 2012 in Rio during the United Nations Conference Rio Plus 20.

Notes:Uranio 238 on Youtube:Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EUp5j1481g
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgZs1lyuGQ
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4h6IeCalo
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uodiHzrefI

http://www.uraniumfilmfestival.org

http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/409.html