Alberta Bound

198429 min 15 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Peter CampbellBrian Pollard

Production: Jerry KrepakevichBarry CowlingTom Radford

Co-produced by the NFB, English Program, Atlantic Centre and Northwest Centre, and Access Alberta.

Mass emigration is part of the heritage of Atlantic Canada. Bernie and Violet McGinnis and their son, Todd, are part of that great trek. Violet, with a university education, wants more for herself than the jobs available to women in their home town of Tignish, Prince Edward Island. Bernie, a fisherman since the age of thirteen, agrees to leave his traditional calling for work out west. After several months, it becomes apparent that there is some gap between their hopes and the new realities.

Subject categories

  • Work and Labour Relations > PortraitsUnemployment and Job Hunting

Credits

director
Peter Campbell
Brian Pollard
producer
Jerry Krepakevich
executive producer
Barry Cowling
Tom Radford
camera
Doug Cole
Dave Douglas
Gordon Hornbeck
Kent Nason
sound
Garrell Clark
editing
Ray Harper
re-recording
Roberta Mayer
music
Kenzie MacNeil