"We're the Boss!"

199029 min 24 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Brian Pollard

Production: Brian PollardMichel LemieuxRex TaskerGermaine Ying Gee Wong

Script: David Weale

Co-produced by the NFB, English Program, Atlantic Centre and French Program, Acadie, in association with the Prince Edward Island Department of Industry and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

"We're the Boss!" is an inspiring film about a community that made the connection between culture and economic development. It is a look at the Evangeline region, a predominantly Acadian area in western Prince Edward Island where local initiative, several co-operatives and a credit union have transformed the economy and thereby strengthened Acadian culture. Some of the community-based enterprises shown are a potato chip factory, a fish-processing plant, a wood-chip operation, a funeral home, a cable TV station. Looking both to the past and to the future, the film includes interviews with pioneers of about the role of co-ops in their community.

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Subject categories


  • Francophone Communities > AcadiaPrince Edward Island
  • Industry and Commerce > Atlantic RegionCooperatives
  • Economics > Canadian Community and Regional Development

Credits


director
Brian Pollard
editing
Brian Pollard
producer
Brian Pollard
Michel Lemieux
Rex Tasker
executive producer
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
script
David Weale
narrator
David Weale
camera
Mike Mahoney
sound
Alex Salter
sound editing
Alex Salter