24 Days In Brooks
Canada, 2007, 42 mins
Director: Dana Inkster
11:30am, Sat, Nov 3
at Library
Description
In a decade, tiny Brooks, Alberta has been transformed from a socially conservative, primarily Caucasian town to one of the most culturally diverse places in Canada, where residents speak 90 different languages.
Immigrants and refugees have flocked here to work at Lakeside Packers, one of the world's largest slaughterhouses. Centering on the 24 days of the first-ever strike at Lakeside, this film is a nuanced portrait of people working together and adapting to change. They are people like Peter Jany Khwai, who escaped war in Sudan, Edil Hassan, a devout Muslim born in Somalia, who counts her hours of organizing and picketing among her proudest moments.
As 24 Days in Brooks shows, people from widely different backgrounds can work together for respect, dignity, and change.