happiness runs.

adam sherman's happiness runs trailer looks so amazing. It feeds my obsession of cult life and commune living. the trailer is beautifully artistic yet gritty and raw in juxtaposition with the narration of cold facts. hints of Aronofsky in the requiem for a dream like fantastical clips. just brilliant.
like many cults, the shortcomings of the utopian ideals are realized and that free loving drug induced hippy culture we all wish we were a part of , doesn't seem as fun as imagined.

canada's selective history.

Canada: A People’s History and Canadian Heritage Minutes and are a part of Canada’s nationalism that in many ways can be compared to a textbook of Canadian History. We are given this information about Canada as fact, and therefore have no reason to doubt its validity; especially with such established corporations as the CBC and Radio Canada presenting them. However, I believe it is important to question their selection in choosing these ‘Canadian’ moments in history, and more specifically what is not being mentioned. I found it interesting in the Canada: A People’s History when they begin with the white people saving the native girl. It is also extremely odd to me that in all the history of Canada, a soldier’s bear named after his hometown, inspiring a few children’s stories made the cut of a Heritage Minute. While both of the subjects do bring light to Canadian history, it is important to realize that it is a selective history being presented.