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Coal at the Crossroads
195530 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Don HaldaneJean Lenauer
Production: Grant McLean
Script: Thomas Farley
A declining market for Canadian coal has caused a major crisis within the industry. This film takes us to coal-mining communities in both western and eastern Canada that are dependent on coal for their existence. Interviews with men closely connected with the industry show the magnitude of the problem and how it affects the lives of thousands of Canadians.
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Subject categories
- Mining > CoalMining CommunitiesNon-metalsWork Issues
Credits
- director
- Don Haldane
- Jean Lenauer
- producer
- Grant McLean
- script
- Thomas Farley
- photography
- Eugene Boyko
- John Foster
- sound
- John Locke
- Erik Nielsen
- editing
- Dennis Sawyer
- host
- Fred Davis
- Norman Kihl