
Film
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983 · 58m · Documentary
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Overview
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

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
Crew
- Christopher 'Toby' McLeodProducer · Writer · Director of Photography · Director · Editor
- Randy HayesProducer
- Glenn SwitkesProducer · Editor · Director of Photography
- Marco AlpertOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 15, 1983
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
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