For Twenty Cents A Day

For Twenty Cents A Day

1979
24m
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Overview

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1979
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Dorothy Livesay
Dorothy Livesay

Herself

Key Crew

Jim Monro
Director