Interim Sketches of a Year of Austerity

“The children of the post-war baby boom are now in their early to late twenties. As is now apparent on a global scale, the economic system is poorly equipped to cope with their demographic tidal wave. They subsist in an age of specific depression with values maladaptive to most of the job market. As one woman said: ‘A few years ago we talked about being green and now we talk about being poor.’” – Jeff Solway, Secretary of State, Canadian Alternatives, 1075 This documentary follows the people who live in these conditions in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Through stories, still photographs and songs, individuals relate experiences from their lives in 1976 that have taken place all over the world. Allegorical but direct, with an occasional dash of humour.