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Up Against the System

1969 19 min
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People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare system? What is welfare supposed to do? In this film, welfare recipients and social case workers talk about the problems of being "up against the system."

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People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare system? What is welfare supposed to do? In this film, welfare recipients and social case workers talk about the problems of being "up against the system."

Politics and Government - Canada
Social Issues
All subjects
  • director
    Terence Macartney-Filgate
  • photography
    Terence Macartney-Filgate
  • producer
    George C. Stoney
  • sound
    Russ Heise

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