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That's the Price

That's the Price

| 40 min

What happens to two dying coal towns in British Columbia when an American corporation provides a contract for millions of tons of coking coal? The film follows the consequences for the towns of Natal and Michel, suggesting that industrial growth has its price, especially with regard to the environment.


Credits
  • director
    Michael Scott
  • producer
    William Canning
  • script
    Kenneth McCready
  • photography
    Tony Ianzelo
  • sound
    Joseph Champagne
  • editing
    Torben Schioler
    F. Whitman Trecartin
  • re-recording
    George Croll
    Michel Descombes
  • narrator
    Budd Knapp

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Education

Ages 17 to 17

Geography - Environmental Issues
Social Studies - Economics

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