That's the Price

197040 min 45 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Michael Scott

Production: William Canning

Script: Kenneth McCready

Two points of view concerning what the infusion of industrial capital meant to two dying coal towns in southeastern British Columbia. The film shows what happened when an American corporation came to the twin towns of Natal and Michel with a contract for millions of tons of coking coal for the steel mills of Japan. From what is seen and said in this film, industrial growth has its price, especially with regard to the ecology of the region.

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Subject categories


  • Mining > British ColumbiaCoalMining CommunitiesNon-metals
  • Environment and Conservation > Environmental PerspectivesSocial and Industrial Development
  • Economics > Globalization
  • Social Studies > Economics
  • Geography > Environmental Issues

Credits


director
Michael Scott
producer
William Canning
script
Kenneth McCready
photography
Tony Ianzelo
sound
Joseph Champagne
editing
Torben Schioler
F. Whitman Trecartin
re-recording
George Croll
Michel Descombes
narrator
Budd Knapp