For Twenty Cents A Day (1979)

24m
Running Time

January 1, 1979
Release Date

For Twenty Cents A Day

For Twenty Cents A Day (1979)

24m
Running Time

January 1, 1979
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Dorothy Livesay

Dorothy Livesay

Herself

Jim Monro

Jim Monro

Director

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1979

Status
Released

Running Time
24m

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riot
protest
strike
great depression
trade union
vancouver
labor union
protest march
workers union
canadian history
1930s
british columbia
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