The Things I Cannot Change (1967)
- Directed by
- Tanya Ballantyne Tree
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 55 min
- Rating
- 8.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a family living in poverty in Montreal. It focuses on the parents as they struggle with unstable work and raising many children.
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What happens
The Things I Cannot Change is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tanya Ballantyne and released in 1967. A precursor of the National Film Board of Canada's Challenge for Change program, the film profiles the issue of urban poverty through the story of Kenneth and Gertrude Bailey, parents of a large family coping with unstable employment in Montreal. The film was broadcast by CBC Television on May 3, 1967 as an episode of the anthology series Festival. Controversy arose when its cinéma vérité style struck some viewers as exploitative of the Baileys. Kenneth and Gertrude Bailey alleged that, after the film's broadcast by CBC Television, their own reputation in the community suffered so badly that they were forced to move out of their home. A sequel, Courage to Change, was released in 1984. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Ville-Marie (1965)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.