Do You Think A Job Is the Answer?
1969, English.
In response to the Detroit riots of 1967, where racial tensions in the city reached a breaking point, the city decided that the way to resolve these tensions would be to put more resources into employing Black people. Namely, chronically unemployed Black men who they refer to as "the hardcore." And predominantly, employing them on the line in auto assembly plants. But in the words of Lloyd Love, a young Detroiter interviewed in the film, this PBS documentary poses the question, "Do you think a job is the answer?" The film explores this question in 1968, by speaking with workers, unemployed people, union activists, students, people who implement city-run employment programs, members of DRUM (Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement), and the Detroit Industrial Mission.
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- 1h 12m
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- English
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- 30 March 1969
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Do You Think A Job Is the Answer? isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 March 1969. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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