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URANIUM DERBY centers around an experiment gone wrong—the American nuclear experiment. Using archival footage and audio recordings of scientists Dr. Harley Wilhelm, Dr. Frank Spedding, and others, director and first-time filmmaker Brittany Prater reveals the historical role that Ames, IA played in the production of materials used in the first atomic bomb and investigates the lingering public health consequences for the surrounding community.

Prater’s investigation into her Iowa hometown’s secret involvement in the Manhattan Project triggers a chain reaction of encounters through which it becomes clear that the topic of nuclear waste was more successfully buried than the waste itself. With input from Ames community members, local government officials and experts including former environmental regulator Dr. Johanshir Golchin, URANIUM DERBY depicts the manner in which toxic nuclear waste, generated and collected in a few specific places, was allowed to spread to numerous sites around a small Midwestern university town and, ultimately, the country at large.

Presented by Bullfrog Films
A Cornfield Productions Film
Directed by Brittany Prater
Produced by Brittany Prater
Director of Photography: Kate Stryker, Britt Prater
Camera: Scott Kovach
Editors: Cheyenne Picardo, Lisa Gross, Britt Prater
Writer: Britt Prater
Music Composition: Zeljko McMullen

Educational Use: https://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/urd.html
Academic Streaming: https://docuseek2.com/bf-urd
Community Screenings: https://www.bullfrogcommunities.com/uraniumderby