24 days in Brooks /

Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Thompson, Bonnie (Producer), Inkster, Dana, 1972- (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada, 2007.
Series:	Current affairs in video
Subjects:	Labor unions > Alberta > Brooks. Brooks (Alta.) > Economic conditions. Syndicats > Alberta > Brooks. Economic history. Labor unions. Alberta > Brooks. Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and adapting to change through the first-ever strike at Lakeside.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 9, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (42 min.).
Playing Time:	00:42:07
Production Credits:	Writer/director, Dana Inkster ; producer, Bonnie Thompson ; narration, Clifton Joseph ; editor, Paul Mortimer ; consultant, Gil Cardinal ; camera, Tom Couchman, Daron Donahue, Lisa Fryklund, Sidney Bailey, Morton Molyneux, Shaun Henning, Patrick McLaughlin ; location sound, Gary Bruckner, Mike Myrden, Igal Petel, Jamie Kidd ; photography, Brad Wrobleski ; original music, Kory Lowe.