director:
Sturla Gunnarsson
playwright:
Robert Collison
actor:
Henry Ramer
/
Roger B. Smith
genre:
Documentary
region:
Canada
language:
English
length: 1h 19m
release date: 1985-11-26
IMDb: tt0089144
Overview
The filmmakers were given remarkable freedom to record the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation. Bob White, labour leader of the Canadian branch of the UAW, must also confront his American counterpart from Detroit and succeeds in arriving at a contract that is significantly Canadian. His members had already given him a mandate to fight for independence from the American union. This is an invaluable document for anyone interested in the complexities of United States-Canada relations. It's an extraordinary film about revolutionary events.