Agency:.Produced by the NFB in collaboration with the Special Planning Secretariat of the Privy Council Office. Study guide available.

Director, Tanya Ballantyne ; producer, John Kemeny ; photography, Paul Leach ; sound, Roger Hart ; editing, William Brind ; sound editing, Bernard Bordeleau ; re-recording, Ron Alexander, Roger Lamoureux.

Recorded 1967.

This film is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. It is a look at a family in trouble, seen from the inside. There is the trouble with the police, the begging for stale bread at the convent, the birth of another child, and the father who explains his family's predicament. Although filmed in Montréal, this is the anatomy of poverty as it occurs in North America, seen by a camera that became part of the family's life for several weeks. A sequel to this film was made in 1986, under the title Courage to Change, showing what happend to the Bailey family 18 years later.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Special Mention - Category: Medium Length Films, 1967 Golden Gate Award for Excellence in Network Presentation, 1967 Diploma, 1968 Certificate of Merit, 1970

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).