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Brooks - The City of 100 Hellos

'Brooks - The City of 100 Hellos' is a documentary about how immigration changes and challenges a cowboy town. The film gives us a rare glimpse into the lives of many of the new immigrants, refugees and temporary foreign workers that have moved to Brooks, Alberta, Canada to work at the local meat packing plant. It also explores the challenges they face and looks at how long-time residents of Brooks feel about the new immigration in their community. The documentary was Produced, Directed and Written by Brandy Yanchyk in 2011 for OMNI Television. This documentary was made possible with 100% funding from the OMNI Television Independent Producers Initiative. It was also produced with the assistance of the Government of Alberta, Alberta Multimedia Development Fund.
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