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The Things I Cannot Change

The Things I Cannot Change

| 55 min

This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. The film offers in inside look at 3 weeks in the life of the Bailey family. Trouble with the police, begging for stale bread, and the birth of another child are just some of the issues they face. Through it all, the father tries to explain his family's predicament. Although filmed in Montreal, the film offers an anatomy of poverty as it occurs throughout North America.


Credits
  • director
    Tanya Ballantyne
  • producer
    John Kemeny
  • photography
    Paul Leach
  • sound
    Roger Hart
  • editing
    William Brind
  • sound editing
    Bernard Bordeleau
  • re-recording
    Ron Alexander
    Roger Lamoureux

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