Goin’ Down the Road
Written by William Fruet and Donald Shebib
Directed by Donald Shebib
Canada, 1970
Donald Shebib’s landmark 1970 drama Goin’ Down the Road was a watershed moment in Canadian national cinema, in part because it proved that there could be one. The very notion of a Canadian national cinema was relatively new when the film was released. Though the National Film Board (Nfb) was establish in the late 1930s, it was only in the 1950s that its focus shifted from war-effort propaganda to a very specific form of national soul-searching, wondering aloud who we were and what our place in the world was. The collective attempt at pinpointing Canada’s national identity would reach a fever pitch with the Centennial just around the corner, but ended up yielding precious few concrete answers (though it wasn’t for lack of trying, as Nfb-produced works like Helicopter Canada, commissioned specifically for Canada’s 100th birthday,...
Written by William Fruet and Donald Shebib
Directed by Donald Shebib
Canada, 1970
Donald Shebib’s landmark 1970 drama Goin’ Down the Road was a watershed moment in Canadian national cinema, in part because it proved that there could be one. The very notion of a Canadian national cinema was relatively new when the film was released. Though the National Film Board (Nfb) was establish in the late 1930s, it was only in the 1950s that its focus shifted from war-effort propaganda to a very specific form of national soul-searching, wondering aloud who we were and what our place in the world was. The collective attempt at pinpointing Canada’s national identity would reach a fever pitch with the Centennial just around the corner, but ended up yielding precious few concrete answers (though it wasn’t for lack of trying, as Nfb-produced works like Helicopter Canada, commissioned specifically for Canada’s 100th birthday,...
- 4/7/2015
- by Derek Godin
- SoundOnSight
Twenty-six years ago, Charles Clark took a custodial job at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, thinking it would be a temporary stop until he found something better. But just weeks into the job, while pushing a mop through the halls and saying hello to the students, he changed his mind. "I learned right away that working here was a gift," says Clark, now 65 and head custodian at the school. "I'd found a place in life where I could make a real difference." And he has. Now, when Trinity's 2,400 students are asked to name the most influential person at their school,...
- 2/13/2015
- by Cathy Free,@cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
Twenty-six years ago, Charles Clark took a custodial job at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, thinking it would be a temporary stop until he found something better. But just weeks into the job, while pushing a mop through the halls and saying hello to the students, he changed his mind. "I learned right away that working here was a gift," says Clark, now 65 and head custodian at the school. "I'd found a place in life where I could make a real difference." And he has. Now, when Trinity's 2,400 students are asked to name the most influential person at their school,...
- 2/13/2015
- by Cathy Free,@cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
You know those videos where kids freak out when their parents tell them they're going to Disneyland? Well, this video is like that, only better. Mike Harris' mom is a die-hard Seattle Seahawks fan. In 1983, when they lost in the Afc championship game, she had planned to welcome them home, but wasn't able to because she was six months pregnant with her son. So he made it up to her in the best way possible - with tickets to see the Seahawks play in the Super Bowl against the Denver Broncos on Sunday. And her reaction when she opened...
- 1/30/2014
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
Son of the year? Probably. Either way, this video will warm the cold cockles of your heart. (We'll pause here in case you want to make a joke about the word "cockles.") Mike Harris' mom has been a Seattle Seahawks fan since 1976. And in 1983, she planned to welcome her team back to Seattle after they lost in the Afc Championship game. Unfortunately, she was six months pregnant with Mike, and she wasn't able to see her team return home. So 30 years later, he decided to make up for that one time his fetus-self kept her from her beloved Seahawks. So he bought her tickets to this year's Super Bowl game, where Seattle will face the Denver Broncos. And he filmed the moment his mother realized what...
- 1/30/2014
- E! Online
Mike Harris might just be the son of the year. He surprised his mom, Vicki, a huge Seattle Seahawks fan, with Super Bowl tickets and pretty much got the best reaction ever. "In 1976 my mom became a Seattle Seahawks fan," Mike explained on his YouTube page. But when they made the Super Bowl in 1983, she was pregnant with him, and in 2005, tickets were too pricey. So this year, he hatched a plan to get her to the game in New York after prices for tickets went down. He set the scene: "She came to my house to see me and my dogs, and the FedEx guy arrived and I signed for the package. I opened it, and handed it over to her." Watch her freak out.
- 1/30/2014
- by Annie Gabillet
- Popsugar.com
Smashing Pumpkins have announced details for their upcoming album Oceania. The Billy Corgan-fronted band will release their seventh studio LP on June 18. It will be part of their 44-song cycle project Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. Oceania will be released through Emi, after the label agreed a deal with Corgan's Martha's Music. Emi's Mike Harris said: "We are thrilled to extend the long-term partnership between The Smashing Pumpkins and Emi with the release of Oceania. "Everybody at Emi is looking forward to working closely with Billy and the band to help them deliver their vision and their music to fans around the world." (more)...
- 3/28/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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