24 Days in Brooks
2007
42 min
Coming soon
Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and adapting to change through the first-ever strike at Lakeside.
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Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and adapting to change through the first-ever strike at Lakeside.
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writerDana Inkster
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directorDana Inkster
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producerBonnie Thompson
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narrationClifton Joseph
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editorPaul Mortimer
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additional editingScott Parker
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director's mentorBarry Greenwald
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consultantGil Cardinal
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cameraTom CouchmanDaron DonahueLisa FryklundSidney BaileyMorton MolyneuxShaun HenningPatrick McLaughlin
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location soundGary BrucknerMike MyrdenIgal PetelJamie Kidd
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production assistantLoralee EdwardsDerek Wait
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photographyBrad Wrobleski
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translationHélène Laporte-Rawji
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transcriptionBridget Toms
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original musicKory Lowe
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soloistLynn Olagundoye
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audio post productionFrank Laratta
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video post-productionMichael Schmidt
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online editorJoe Owens
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colouristJoe Owens
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production supervisorMark Power
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production coordinatorGinette D'SilvaFaye Yoneda
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marketing managerKelly Isaac
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program administratorDarin Clausen
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commissioning editorAndrew Johnson
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executive producerGraydon McCreaDerek Mazur
Education
Ages 17 to 17
Diversity - Diversity in Communities
History and Citizenship Education - Issues in Society Today
Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World
Social Studies - Labour Studies
Screen the film in class and follow it with a debate on diversity, pluralism, social solidarity, immigration and/or human rights. In your opinion, does the population of Brooks reflect changing trends in the overall Canadian population? Have multiculturalism and the integration of new arrivals been a success in Brooks? Socially, is it more beneficial to focus on similarities than on differences? Why? What lessons can be learned from the Lakeside workers’ strike?
