CinemaOSMovie · 1969 · 1h 12m

Do You Think A Job Is the Answer?

Documentary

In response to the Detroit riots of 1967, where racial tensions in the city reached a breaking point, the city decided that the way to resolve these tensions would be to put more resources into employing Black people. Namely, chronically unemployed Black men who they refer to as "the hardcore." And predominantly, employing them on the line in auto assembly plants. But in the words of Lloyd Love, a young Detroiter interviewed in the film, this PBS documentary poses the question, "Do you think a job is the answer?" The film explores this question in 1968, by speaking with workers, unemployed people, union activists, students, people who implement city-run employment programs, members of DRUM (Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement), and the Detroit Industrial Mission.

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 12m
Language
EN
Released
March 30, 1969
Studios
PBS

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1 credited
Starring

Gary Gilson

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