2025 #UraniumFilmFestival - #Taiwaste

Germany / Taiwan, 2022, Director: Patrik Thomas, Producer: The Random Collective, Arthouse Fiction/Satire, Chinese, English subtitles, 25 min.

"As nuclear powered country, Taiwan is constantly facing the issue on how to deal with its nuclear waste. In the late 1970s, Taiwans government decided to store parts of its nuclear waste on #OrchidIsland, 65km off Taiwan’s southeast coast, home of the #Yami people who lived for centuries as an isolated tribe. Being tricked by the government, the tribal chief signed a contract to built a 'fish cannery', which turned out to be a #NuclearWaste storage site. Now, after more than 30 years of protest by the Yami people, the government has a new plan: Every Taiwanese citizen who is using electricity is responsible for the nuclear waste produced and has to store it at home."

FMI - https://patrikthomas.de/portfolio/taiwaste/

#EnvironmentalRacism #InternationalUraniumFilmFestival #Thailand #NoNukes #NoNuclearWaste #NuclearWasteDumping