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  • Shift Change (1987)
  • 57 min | Documentary
Shift Change (1987)
57 min | Documentary
This documentary looks at the microchip, an American invention exploited by the Japanese that caused a second industrial revolution. The devastating effect on millions of human lives is related through interviews with some of the newly ...See moreThis documentary looks at the microchip, an American invention exploited by the Japanese that caused a second industrial revolution. The devastating effect on millions of human lives is related through interviews with some of the newly jobless in Hamilton, Ontario. Using the example of Japan for contrast, host James Laxer demonstrates that the cost of technological advances need not be so high if their effects are foreseen and planned for. Part 2 of the series Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada. Written by NFB See less
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Director
Jefferson Lewis
Writer
Jefferson Lewis (written by)
Producer
Kent Martin
Composers
Bruce Granofsky (original music) | Eric LeMoyne (original music) (as Eric Lemoyne) | Roger Lemoyne (original music)
Cinematographer
Kent Nason (photography)
Editor
Hannele Halm (as Hannale Halm)
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Updated Nov 2, 1987
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Nov 2, 1987 (Canada)

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