A film about Norrbotten, in northernmost Sweden, where industrial and agricultural patterns have changed and people are being relocated in industrial towns far from the life they have loved. In a series of interviews we meet people who have known the dignity of independence and who have suddenly become welfare cases. The film asks: Are their lives being improved? How can we reconcile human values and economic needs?
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Collection
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313901
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Sweden
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economic development
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rationalism - Economic aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rural-urban migration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social values
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sociology, Urban
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sweden - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sweden - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)