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Fish or Cut Bait (1993)
Directed by Tom Burger, Bill McKiggan, Chuck Lapp
Documentary · 43m
In the 1970's, filmmakers Tom Burger, Bill McKiggan and Chuck Lapp began documenting the history and current struggles of inshore fishermen in Atlantic Canada to form a union. Until 1979 it was illegal for fishermen to form a union in Nova Scotia. The committed funding from the National Film Board was withdrawn for this film, however the filmmakers continued to edit the film by entering the NFB at night. The CBC refused to broadcast the film, but it was finally released in 1990 and broadcast nationally that year on Vision TV.
Crew
- Director
- Tom Burger, Bill McKiggan, Chuck Lapp
Details
- Release date
- 1993-01-01
- Runtime
- 43m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Fish or Cut Bait Collective, ONF | NFB