Power of the Unemployed

A hidden history of Depression-era rebellion:

In 1930's Newfoundland, times are desperate. People salvage cast-off food from St. John's harbour, the dole is 6 cents a day, and families are ripped apart in the struggle for survival. A popular movement of the unemployed rises from the mire of despair to take on the British-run Commission Government, fighting for jobs, dignity and respect. Their leader is Pierce Power.

For decades, this story was hidden in the Newfoundland Constabulary archives, until uncovered by program-maker Katherine Welbourn.