Fish or Cut Bait

Fish or Cut Bait

In the 1970's, filmmakers Tom Burger, Bill McKiggan and Chuck Lapp began documenting the history and current struggles of inshore fishermen in...

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The Finest Kind: A People's History of the Lockeport Lockout, 1939

The Finest Kind: A People's History of the Lockeport Lockout, 1939

In the fall of 1939, more than 600 fishermen and fish handlers in the tiny town of Lockeport, Nova Scotia walked the picket line in front of the...

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No Harbour for War

No Harbour for War

No Harbour for War documents the active movement in Halifax against the Gulf War of 1991 and the role of war played by Halifax from its founding in...

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Work and Wages

Work and Wages

Burger and McKiggan document the lives of the low-wage working class in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the 1970s.

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