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The Emperor's New Clothes

This feature documentary focuses on the reality of life before, during, and after the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the profound effects the economic agreements between big business and government can have on human lives. Filmed over a three year period in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this documentary poses a sobering question: In this global war of cut-rate economies, are people on the losing side?
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This feature documentary focuses on the reality of life before, during, and after the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the profound effects the economic agreements between big business and government can have on human lives.



Filmed over a three year period in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this documentary poses a sobering question: In this global war of cut-rate economies, are people on the losing side?

Work and Labour Relations Developing Countries Economics Industry and Commerce Foreign Countries All subjects
  • director
    Magnus Isacsson
  • producer
    Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol
    Jacques Vallée
  • script
    Manon Hogue
    Magnus Isacsson
    Guy Beausoleil
    Mary Ellen Davis
  • photography
    Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
    Barry Perles
  • sound
    Esther Auger
    Marie-France Delagrave
  • editing
    France Pilon
  • sound editing
    Alain Sauvé
  • re-recording
    Shelley Craig
    Serge Boivin
  • narrator
    Harry Standjofski
  • music
    René Lussier
  • participation
    Roy L. Heenan
    Raymond Gélinas
    Jeff Swogger
    Wayne Hardwick
    Pierre Bellerive
    Tereza Martinez
    Elisabeth Macias
    Aaron Fish
    Claude Morand
    Len Harrison
    Patricia Fraser
    Dennis Harley
    Salvador Fuentes
    Claude Bolduc
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