Critical Writing Index

Labour Struggle: A history of de-development in the Maritimes and the video works of Tom Berger and Bill McKiggan

by Kenneth Coutts-Smith

Fuse, Mar. 1981, v. 5, no. 2 & 3, pp. 102-109

This extensive article examines the video works of two Halifax independent film makers, Tom Berger and Bill McKiggan, in light of a rebirth of militant unionism in the Maritimes' fishing industry. Berger and McKinggan are presented not only as documentary witnesses in this resurgence but as active contributors bringing a new cinema of engagement.

ITEM 1981.003 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Work and WagesTom Berger and Bill McKiggan

The Finest KindTom Berger and Bill McKiggan

Charlie MurrayTom Berger and Bill McKiggan

Michelin, the workers' viewTom Berger and Bill McKiggan