A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19.

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domesti...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

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True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of...

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Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood i...

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Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.

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