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To Use A Mountain

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Release Date:

Aug 21, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 39m

Synopsis

A legal and environmental crisis unfolds across the expansive American interior, in a visceral journey through the landscapes, ecologies, and personal histories of the candidate sites for a sacrificial nuclear dumping ground.

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  • Aug 2, 2026

    Embargoed

    3 Likes
    Overly Honest Reviews
    Overly Honest Reviews
    May 2, 2025

    a point on a map with the force of a gunshot

    9 Likes
    kate
    kate
    Apr 28, 2025

    I respect the filmmaker's concept of a very impressionistic, contemplative documentary, guided by personal testimony and oral history, and I'm grateful for any film that gives me space to sit with my own reflections. However, I also like to hear a specific data point every…

    5 Likes
    Neil R. Coulter
    Neil R. Coulter
  • Oct 4, 2025

    There's a shot in the Mississippi section that moves from forrest to cemetery to cows grazing and, in a film that weaves together many metaphors, government documents, maps, detonations, current histories, and prayers, that one shot spoke the loudest to me

    4 Likes
    Mike
    Mike
    Apr 29, 2025

    An excellent counterpoint to Nolan's Oppenheimer. They would make for a powerful double feature.

    4 Likes
    FFC
    FFC
    Apr 28, 2025

    Dallas International Film Festival  absolutely GOATED graphic design 🔥🔥🔥

    3 Likes
    spencespry
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    Oct 22, 2025

    This film is a work of art.

    2 Likes
    ravenhopgood
    ravenhopgood
    Oct 4, 2025

    insane documentary. more insane was the guy wearing sunglasses the whole time duing the movie.

    2 Likes
    izymc
    izymc
    Feb 23, 2026

    This film is a masterpiece in showing how ordinary folks rose up in 6 rural communities to defend their families and land from forever deadly and dangerous nuclear waste. It shows the AUDACITY of the Department of Energy (DOE) in targeting these communities to dump the…

    1 Likes
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Frequently Asked Questions

When does To Use A Mountain come out in theaters?
August 21, 2026 is the release date.
How long is To Use A Mountain (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 39min long.
What's To Use A Mountain (2026) about?
A legal and environmental crisis unfolds across the expansive American interior, in a visceral journey through the landscapes, ecologies, and personal histories of the candidate sites for a sacrificial nuclear dumping ground.