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Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare

Colin Low

1967 | 10 min

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A look at the relationships among the Fogo Island merchants and fishermen, and at the demoralizing effects welfare has on them.

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Credits

director

Colin Low
producer

John Kemeny
photography

Robert Humble
editing

Dennis Sawyer

See also

Atlantic Region; Business; Work Issues; Newfoundland; Poverty; Work and Unemployment; Canadian Communities
Subjects: Indigenous Cinema

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