24 Days in Brooks
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2007-01-01
Runtime: 42 mins
Director: Dana Inkster
Writer: Dana Inkster
Spoken language:
Genres: Documentary
Original title: 24 Days in Brooks
Production Companies: ONF | NFB
Production Countries: Canada
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