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 Wages – Tom Berger and Bill McKiggan

The Finest Kind – Tom Berger and Bill McKiggan

Charlie Murray – Tom Berger and Bill McKiggan

Michelin, the workers' view – Tom Berger and Bill McKiggan