The Things I Cannot Change (1967)

55m
Running Time

January 1, 1967
Release Date

The Things I Cannot Change (1967)

55m
Running Time

January 1, 1967
Release Date

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National Film Board of Canada

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"This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. The film offers in inside look at 3 weeks in the life of the Bailey family. Trouble with the police, begging for stale bread, and the birth of another child are just some of the issues they face. Through it all, the father tries to explain his family's predicament. Although filmed in Montreal, the film offers an anatomy of poverty as it occurs throughout North America." - NFB

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Release Date
January 1, 1967

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Running Time
55m

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woman director
quebec direct cinema
poverty

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The Things I Cannot Change is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tanya Ballantyne and released in 1967. A precursor of the National Film Board of Canada's Challenge for Change program, the film profiles the issue of urban poverty through the story of Kenneth and Gertrude Bailey, parents of a large family coping with unstable employment in Montreal.

The film was broadcast by CBC Television on May 3, 1967 as an episode of the anthology series Festival.

Controversy arose when its cinéma vérité style struck some viewers as exploitative of the Baileys. Kenneth and Gertrude Bailey alleged that, after the film's broadcast by CBC Television, their own reputation in the community suffered so badly that they were forced to move out of their home.

A sequel, Courage to Change, was released in 1984.

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