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"Confederation Park": a short film about Canada's uniqueness
This 32-minute, thoughtful documentary captures some of the beauty, diversity, and uniqueness of the second-largest nation in the world, sometimes referred to as "America's neighbor to the north." This piece is filmed and narrated by a young Texan filmmaker who travels to the Maritime Provinces, to Montreal and Quebec City, to the Canadian plains, and Vancouver. Along the way, his camera shots and wide-angle lenses bring the audience along for the ride, allowing us to enjoy the spectacular vistas of this remarkably peaceful landscape. As someone who grew up in Quebec City, I had a special appreciation of the filmmaker's discussion about the French separatist movement -- and how it has evolved from bombings and kidnappings in the '60s and '70s to a less-destructive modus operandi in today's post-2000 world...where pro-French vandals merely scratch off the English instructions on public bathroom hand driers or rip out the English-language ads from bilingual Yellow Page pay-phone directories. When visiting the winter carnival in Quebec City and its ice sculptures, he observes that the miniature-golf sculpture attracts putters on the greens (whites?) who don't even seem to notice that the temperature is significantly below zero degrees Fahrenheit. He remarks that Canada might be able to conquer the world with its peaceful resilience in the face of such a harsh climate, but that Canadians are too polite as a people to even try. This is a worthwhile portrait of a fascinating country and its people.
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- muvibuf
- Apr 24, 2005
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