Final Offer
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Gunnarsson, Sturla (Director)
- Collison, Robert (Director)
Title
Final Offer
Abstract
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. --NFB website description
Distributor
National Film Board
Date
1985
Genre
Documentary
Format
DVD, or digital download
Running Time
78 min.
Notes
Alternate title: Bob White and the Canadian auto workers fight for independence.
Credits note: produced by Gunnarsson, Collison and John Kramer; executive producer, John Spotton; photography, Len Gilday; sound, Brian Avery, Ian Hendry; editing, Jeff Warren; music, Jack Lenz.
Statement of responsibility: directed by Sturla Gunnarsson ; written and co-directed by Robert Collison.
Narrator, Henry Ramer.
Citation
Gunnarsson, S., & Collison, R. (1985). Final Offer [Documentary; DVD, or digital download]. National Film Board. https://www.nfb.ca/film/final_offer/
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