South Africa, 2007, 52 min
Director: Theo Antonio
Producer: Jenny Hunter
Uranium Road is a penetrating documentary which rips the veil of secrecy from both the past and present South African nuclear programmes, showing how the nuclear industry creates closed cliques of the powerful and fundamentally undermines the democratic principles of our young democracy, repeating past mistakes. It exposes the billion rand industry that relies on a technology whose safety and economy has yet to be proven. It combines archival footage, interviews with local and international experts and tells of a community on the edge of a nuclear waste dump in scenic Namaqualand, cutting to the core of our democracy.
“Lift the lid on the closed world of nuclear in SA revealing secrets and greed. Uranium Road is a 52 minute documentary, based on the book by Dr David Fig. It presents SA nuclear programms, showing how the nuclear industry creates closed cliques of the powerful and fundamentally undermines the democratic principles of our young democracy.” - Coalition Against Nuclear Energy (CANE)