THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY, 25 Years Later: A Conversation with Jeff Spitz

THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY, 25 Years Later: A Conversation with Jeff Spitz

Author: The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) February 13, 2025 Duration: 43:55

CHE Director Will Brockliss sits down with documentary filmmaker Jeff Spitz to reflect on the twenty fifth anniversary of his film THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY. Their conversation spans partnering with the Navajo Nation, ethical filmmaking, and the significance this film had not only on uranium cleanup in Monument Valley, Utah, but on one family who lives there.

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