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For Twenty Cents A Day (1979)

Directed by Jim Monro
24minruntime
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Plot

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19.

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Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleFor Twenty Cents A Day
Original languageEN
Production countriesCanada
StatusReleased
Release date1 gennaio 1979
Assistant directorsJim Monro

Release dates

Theatrical release

Canada / Jan 01, 1979

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