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The Road Taken (1996)
Directed by Selwyn Jacob
Documentary · 52m
Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their community, but harsh working conditions prevented them from being promoted to other railway jobs until 1955 when porter Lee Williams took his fight to the union.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Selwyn Jacob
- Writer
- Frederick Ward
- Director of Photography
- Charles Konowal, Les Krizsan
- Editor
- Michel Lalonde
- Producer
- Selwyn Jacob, Jerry Krepakevich, Dale Phillips
Details
- Release date
- 1996-09-12
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB