National Film Board of Canada

Synopsis: On Friday, five people were shot dead at a Macy's store at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, north of Seattle. The lone suspect of killing five, a man and four women, was found and taken into custody after a 24-hour manhunt this Saturday night. Arcan Cetin, a 20 year old young man was charged of five first-degree murders. The identity of this young man has not yet been released but as of right now, he is in the Skagit County Jail and will appear in the country’s court on Monday.…

Directed by Renee Tajima-Peña and produced by Virgina Espino, No Mas Bebes is an eye-opening documentary film that has inspired both my personal research and the basis for this primary source analysis. Created in June of 2015, No Mas Bebes is a brilliant documentary that not only exposes the truth behind the sterilization abuse that was taking place within the Los Angeles County General Hospital in the 60s and 70s, but it also provides an in-depth analysis into the racist, anti-immigrant…

Mr. Jones walks down the street of New York city in deep and depressing thought as the two words that he never imagined would refer to him repeat continuously in his mind: “laid off.” For weeks, he has been trying to find a job with little to no success, and has nowhere to turn. All he can think about are his 3 children, and how he will break the news to them about his unemployment. Mr. Jones feels as if all hope is gone, and with the little energy he has left walks up the final steps to his…

In the epic poem and movie Beowulf there are a lot of differences and similarities between the two. Can you spot some of the differences that happened in the movie and the book? Well here is some of the things that I spotted out during the movie that didn’t happened in the book. First, the battle between Beowulf and Grendel in the movie they were awake and partying during his attack; however, in the book they were sleep. Second, the battle against Grendel’s mother didn’t happened in the movie,…

Often times iconic scenes in a movie will have amazing music, sound effects and vocals to tie the whole scene together, and with all of these, visuals are not really needed, they will only give a crystal clear image of what the director has already portrayed with sound. One example could be the shower scene in Psycho; if you turn off the screen and only listen to the sound; an almost crystal clear visual is made because you can hear what is actually going on. Another perfect example is the…

As soon as I ran into my room, I could sense that something was out of place. I thought it was that I left my homework at school or that I did not feed my pet fish Arnold, but whenever I thought of Arnold I thought of my other pet dog Rocky. The last time I saw him was before I left for school, now he was gone. My bright blue colored room was so empty without Rocky. Where could he have been? I checked the kitchen, the backyard and my parents room. Rocky was a big brown dog with big ears and a…

Legend has it that deep in the jungle there was a being, this was no ordinary being this was the most worshiped creature of the rain forest. In most stories you would hear of the mother that took care of the children, the mother who saved the kinds who risked her life but this was not an ordinary story. This was a story of a male gorilla that went too far to save the young from. Deep in the jungle there were many animals, there were ones of many shapes sizes and colors to. There were ones that…

As I walked into the movie theatre intending on seeing "Project Alminac," my friends and I were stopped by an officer for looking "suspicious." We looked "suspicious" because the way we were dressed supposedly. I was only trying to have a good time with my friends but, this was the day my perception on police officers dramatically changed. On a summer night six of my friends and I wanted to go see this new movie that just hit theatres. "Project Alminac," a movie that brought back it's…

As years go by the American dream gets a different type of meaning. Some would say the american dream in the 50’s is different from the 70’s, 80’s and so on. As the nation grows so does our dreams. Our dreams are growing to the point where we can dream of endless possibilities. What is the American Dream? To me the American dream is to be better than my father ever was. The american dream is to be able to provide for my family and to give them a much better life than you ever got. When I am…

Jake rounded the corner by the General Store and squinted, facing into the dust. He looked toward the Wild Stallion Saloon, his hand tense on the reins. Would he ever see Kat again—tell her he loved her? Pointing his Colt at Rodriguez, he tightened his legs against Red’s sides, and the horse broke into a trot. Rodriguez thrust his heels against his horse’s hide. The animal dug its hooves into the dirt and burst forward. Both men fired. Jake’s shots landed wide, one hitting his enemy’s horse.…