The documentary draws attention to the impact on Native Americans - produced by the Indigenous Environmental Network and Greenpeace it has been recognized as Best Environmental Documentary. This is a great honor for all of those who worked on the film,said co-producer Joe Di Gangi, a toxics campaigner with Greenpeace. More important than the film's accolades is the recognition by audiences of the tremendous threat persistent organic pollutants or POPs are having on Native Americans across the country. Persistent organic pollutants POPs are chemicals such as dioxin and PCBs that are highly toxic in very small quantities and remain in the environment for long periods of time. POPs are released into the environment through the production and incineration of chlorine-based chemicals.
Food is the most common route of exposure.
As illustrated in the film, POPs have become a silent plague on Native American communities whose lands and waters have become contaminated by these chemicals. Their traditions, diets and livelihoods are compromised by industry and the US government who have both failed to eliminate the poisons. Your Aboriginal News and Information Network. TV.movie,video resources Cultural Diversity REZcovery Drugs, Alcohol and Violence, a Social Time Bomb for Native Youth. Tracey Jack's television documentary REZcovery examines the lives of the three native youth who killed Douglas Gormley of Kamloops in a vicious beating, as a result of a drinking and drug binge.