Shift Change Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986 Factual 56 mins

This documentary looks at the microchip, an American invention exploited by the Japanese that caused a second industrial revolution. The devastating effect on millions of human lives is related through interviews with some of the newly jobless in Hamilton, Ontario. Using the example of Japan for contrast, host James Laxer demonstrates that the cost of technological advances need not be so high if their effects are foreseen and planned for. Part 2 of the series Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada.

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Cast

James Laxer as Host

Crew

Jefferson Lewis Director

International Releases Dates

Canada 01 January 1986

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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