The Price We Pay (2014 film)

The Price We Pay
Directed byHarold Crooks
Written byHarold Crooks
Brigitte Alepin
Based onLa Crise fiscale qui vient by Brigitte Alepin
Produced byNathalie Barton
Production
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Distributed byFilmoption
Cinemaflix
Release date
  • September 5, 2014 (2014-09-05) (TIFF)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Price We Pay is a 2014 Canadian documentary film. It premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] Directed by Harold Crooks and based on Brigitte Alepin's book La Crise fiscale qui vient,[2] the film profiles the use of tax havens by large corporations as a dodge from having to pay corporate taxes.[3]

The film was named to TIFF's annual Top Ten Canadian Films list,[4] and had its general theatrical release in 2015.[2]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards,[5] and a Quebec Cinema nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards. It won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2014.[6]

  1. ^ "TIFF 2014 announces Canadian lineup: Xavier Dolan, Oscar-winner Denys Arcand among homegrown talents coming to the fest". National Post, August 6, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Montreal filmmaker exposes the price we pay for corporate greed". Global News, March 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "The Price We Pay: As US Becomes a Top Tax Haven, How Hiding Wealth Offshore Robs the People at Home". Democracy Now!, November 3, 2015.
  4. ^ "TIFF announces its top 10 Canadian films of 2014". CBC News, December 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Documentaries Nominated at 2016 Canadian Screen Awards". Point of View, January 19, 2016.
  6. ^ "Tu dors Nicole and Mommy top Canadian winners at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards". The Georgia Straight, January 6, 2015.