buddy system ; Sidetracked [videorecording]
By: National Film Board of Canada ; producer, John Helliker ; director and writer, David Wellington.
Contributors: Bednorski, Steven.; Moyes, Joanne.; Shamata, Chuck.; Wellington, David.; National Film Board of Canada.
Series: Without work ; 2
Publisher: National Film Board of Canada
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Unemployed -- Drama.
Other titles: Sidetracked.
Notes: FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY.  This series was made with writers, directors and producers from the National Screen Institute's DramaLAB '87. The buddy system - Two young men face unemployment due to prejudice-one because he's black, the other because he's schizophrenic.  Sidetracked - What happens to Peter Hayes, an older man laid off after 18 years of employment? Overwhelmed by confusing emotions, he slides into family violence. This film shows his struggle to understand what's happened to him and to regain his lost principles.

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