Description
| Summary: | Nain is a remote Inuit community on the coast of Labrador that has existed peacefully for two hundred years. Now, one of the worlds largest deposits of nickel and copper has been discovered 50 kilometres away, at Voisey Bay. As commercial interests prepare to exploit the regions natural resources, Nain finds itself standing in the eye of a storm. The promise of sudden wealth and jobs for all is clouded by the spectre of environmental damage, the unsettled question of Aboriginal land claims, and the influx of hundreds of newcomers which will, inevitably, bring with it a new set of social problems. These issues have already created divisions among the people of the town. Some are eager to benefit from the coming economic boom, while others see the changes as threatening a way of life which has been successful for generations. A storm of social, political and economic forces is about to be unleashed on the residents of Nain. It will change their lives forever.
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: Lazybank Productions/CBC Newsworld/ National Film Board of Canada, ©1997; previously released in 1998. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (44 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences |
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| Production Credits: | Camera, Fred MacDonald ; picture and script editing, Robert Lower. |
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| Participant or Performer: | Narrator, Chris Brookes. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 19, 2018). |
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