FILM
COMPANY TOWN
Peter Findlay, Canada
On the anniversary of General Motors’ 100th year of manufacturing vehicles in Oshawa, Canada, union workers are forced into a life-and-death fight to save their members’ jobs when the company announces it will be shuttering the plant at the end of the next year.
This screening is followed by Just Transitions; a panel discussion with Simon Black, lead organizer with Labour Against the Arms Trade, Sam Gindin, former research director of the Canadian Auto Workers (now UNIFOR), Chris Ramsaroop, organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers, and moderated by Pamela Arancibia, labour organizer and Co-Chair of the Mayworks Board of Directors.
Saturday May 14th, 6:30-8:30PM (Doors open 6PM) at Innis Town Hall.
Registration required, RSVP here.
PETER D. FINDLAY
Peter D. Findlay is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CTV, Discovery Channel, TVO, ZDF-ARTE, the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel and PBS, among others. Findlay is also a member of board of directors of the Documentary Organization of Canada, the DOC Institute, and the Durham Region International Film Festival.
A Gemini Award-winner for best sport documentary, the winner of three Remi Awards at Worldfest Houston, a Canadian Science Writers Award, and a finalist for best political/social documentary at HotDocs for “The Paper King: The World of Conrad Black”, Findlay’s film “Raw Opium” was also shown at the DOXO Documentary Film Festival – among others – and excerpted for broadcast on the PBS News Hour as part of the Economist Film Project.
His most recent documentary – “Company Town” – was also a finalist for four 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, including best documentary and best documentary director.