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Dresden Story

1954 30 min
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This film goes to Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards racial discrimination against black people that brought this town into the news. After a round-up of the opinions of individual citizens, white and black, commentator Gordon Burwash joins two discussion panels, presenting opposite points of view. The rights and wrongs of the quarrel are left for the audience to decide.

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This film goes to Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards racial discrimination against black people that brought this town into the news. After a round-up of the opinions of individual citizens, white and black, commentator Gordon Burwash joins two discussion panels, presenting opposite points of view. The rights and wrongs of the quarrel are left for the audience to decide.
  • director
    Julian Biggs
  • producer
    Julian Biggs
    Gordon Burwash
    Grant McLean
  • editing
    Julian Biggs
    Gordon Burwash
    Grant McLean
  • executive producer
    Robert Anderson
  • photography
    Grant McLean
  • sound
    Joseph Champagne
  • host
    Gordon Burwash

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