Some People Have to Suffer (1976)
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.
Top billed cast
- Boyce RichardsonNarrator (voice)
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