The Road Taken (1996)
Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their community, but harsh working conditions prevented them from being promoted to other railway jobs until 1955 when porter Lee Williams took his fight to the union.
- Date of release
- 1996-09-12
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Selwyn Jacob
Casting
- Frederick Ward — Narrator (voice)
Interesting facts
The Road Taken is a 1996 documentary about the experiences of Black Canadian sleeping car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s.
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