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Social Conditions and Programs (6)

  • Bitter Medicine, Part Two: Medicare in Crisis
    Bitter Medicine, Part Two: Medicare in Crisis
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    Tom Shandel 1983 28 min
    Part two of a 2-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the 20th century to its present state of crisis. This second part examines national Medicare 20 years after its inception and the bitter struggle among various authorities as they jockey to attain a position of power in a new scheme of things.
  • Home to the Land
    Home to the Land
    Stanley Jackson 1944 21 min
    This documentary from 1945 explains The Veteran's Land Act, which provided for low-cost loans to veterans who wished to purchase properties and re-establish themselves in Canada after the war. The loans were for properties ranging from town lots to full-scale farms. The Act also provided aid in purchasing farm machinery, fishing boats, building materials and livestock. Produced by the NFB for the Canadian Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • Krach
    Krach
    Tom Tassel 2006 3 min
    In this animated short, two moneymen intent on climbing the profit ladder at any cost inevitably come crashing down. Incisive and succinct, Tom Tassel's Krach illustrates a basic principle: what goes up must come down.
  • No Longer Vanishing
    No Longer Vanishing
    Grant McLean 1955 28 min
    This short documentary from 1955 presents a discussion of the status of Indigenous peoples in Canada at that time. The focus of the film is on integrating into a non-Indigenous Canadian society.

    It should be noted that this film is a product of the time it was produced.

  • A Sun Like Nowhere Else
    A Sun Like Nowhere Else
    Léonard Forest 1972 47 min
    Acadians are French-speaking Maritimers. In this film the people speak for themselves--about their feelings toward governments wanting to relocate and urbanize them, about present-day "tragedies" in their communities, and about their hopes for a productive future.
  • The Things I Cannot Change
    The Things I Cannot Change
    Tanya Ballantyne 1967 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.