Wal-Town

The Film takes us to the frontlines of the ongoing debate over the company’s increasing dominance in the Canadian retail market.

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Labrador City
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Screening begins 18h30
Venue: Youth Center 401 Avalon

Canada / 2006 / 66 Minutes

A group of six university students, calling themselves Wal-Town, take to the Canadian highway over two summers. Armed with thousands of pamphlets and fliers, and with a journalist along for the ride, they visit 36 of Canada's more than 200 Wal-Mart stores with one goal: to raise public awareness about Wal-Mart's business practices and the effects of the company's policies on cities and towns across Canada.

Wal Town: The Film is the story of their ambitious, exasperating and ultimately rewarding journey. Since the late 1980s, Wal-Mart has become an unstoppable force in the North American retail market. It is the largest corporation and the largest private employer in the world. Its growth rate is on an exponential curve that makes most economists blush.

Director - Sergeo Kirby
Producer - Ian McLaren (Grand Nord Productions)
Producer - Germaine Ying Gee Wong (NFB)
Producer - Sergeo Kirby (Loaded Pictures)
Executive producer - Sally Bochner (NFB)
Music - Matt Tomlinson
DOP - Keith Pattington

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