Boomer

Canada, 1978

Film
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For some of us home and work are not in the same place. Well paid as a boiler-maker, Gary Honig must often leave home to exercise his highly specialised skill. Sometimes, his wife and two daughters accompany him in their trailer but more often they remain behind in their home in Stony Creek, Alberta. The film describes how one family copes, combining family life, and work in the increasingly industrialised West.

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Credits

director

Dale Phillips

co-producer

Michael Scott

Tom Radford

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1978

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