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Eye of the storm / writer and director, Nigel Markham ; producers, Mary Sexton, Paul Pope ; produced by Lazybank Productions in association with CBC Newsworld and National Film Board of Canada.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inuit--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--Economic conditions.
- Inuit.
- Inuit--Land tenure--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador.
- Inuit--Land tenure.
- Nickel mines and mining.
- Mineral industries--Environmental aspects.
- Copper mines and mining.
- Economic conditions.
- Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador.
- Copper mines and mining--Newfoundland and Labrador--Voisey Bay.
- Mineral industries--Environmental aspects--Newfoundland and Labrador--Voisey Bay.
- Mineral industries.
- Nickel mines and mining--Newfoundland and Labrador--Voisey Bay.
- Nain (N.L.)--Economic conditions.
- Nain (N.L.).
- Nain (N.L.)--Social conditions.
- Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (44 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2018]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Nain is a remote Inuit community on the coast of Labrador that has existed peacefully for two hundred years. Now, one of the worlds largest deposits of nickel and copper has been discovered 50 kilometres away, at Voisey Bay. As commercial interests prepare to exploit the regions natural resources, Nain finds itself standing in the eye of a storm. The promise of sudden wealth and jobs for all is clouded by the spectre of environmental damage, the unsettled question of Aboriginal land claims, and the influx of hundreds of newcomers which will, inevitably, bring with it a new set of social problems. These issues have already created divisions among the people of the town. Some are eager to benefit from the coming economic boom, while others see the changes as threatening a way of life which has been successful for generations. A storm of social, political and economic forces is about to be unleashed on the residents of Nain. It will change their lives forever.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Chris Brookes.
- Credits:
- Camera, Fred MacDonald ; picture and script editing, Robert Lower.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Lazybank Productions/CBC Newsworld/ National Film Board of Canada, ©1997; previously released in 1998.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 19, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-eye Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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