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Release Date:
November 26, 1985
Original Title:
Final Offer
Alternate Titles:
Final Offer: Bob White and the Canadian Auto Workers Fight for Independence
La dernière offre
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ONF | NFB
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 79
The filmmakers were given remarkable freedom to record the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation. Bob White, labour leader of the Canadian branch of the UAW, must also confront his American counterpart from Detroit and succeeds in arriving at a contract that is significantly Canadian. His members had already given him a mandate to fight for independence from the American union. This is an invaluable document for anyone interested in the complexities of United States-Canada relations. It's an extraordinary film about revolutionary events.
Co-Director:
Robert Collison
Director:
Sturla Gunnarsson
Director of Photography:
Leonard Gilday
Editor:
Jeff Warren
Executive Producer:
John Spotton
Music:
Jack Lenz
Producer:
Sturla Gunnarsson
Robert Collison
John Kramer
Sound:
Brian Avery
Ian Hendry
Writer:
Robert Collison
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