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Some People Have to Suffer
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Some People Have to Suffer

1976-01-01 · 42 min · ★ 8.0

Documentary

Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than 20 years later the sewer system has yet to be built.

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Directors
Christopher Pinney
Production companies
ONF | NFB
Countries
Canada
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Released

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Boyce RichardsonNarrator (voice)

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