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This is a 10 minute documentary made on the occasion of MaK BaK’s debut CD launch party, which was also their last show. MaK BaK was a band of two Canadian ex-pats living in Seoul, Korea. The film shows footage from their various live shows in Seoul, before going into the studio with them as they record the CD. And finally the final live show.

Band page: myspace.com/makbak

If you were to find yourself on a desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, you’re more likely to find a beach strewn with garbage than a pristeen paradise. Here, the movie Cast Away is re-edited to reflect the reality of the great garbage patch of the Pacific Ocean.

This narrative documentary follows my Grandpa and I on a journey across America. Against the backdrop of 19th and 21st century meta-history and North American geography, it places the life and travels of my Grandpa, a man of his times, in a bigger context. The trip takes us on a journey from my Grandpa’s ranching community in south Saskatchewan, Canada, across the border to Montana, and then on Amtrak trains through Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and finally back to Canada.
As editor and fellow traveler, I’ve done my best to make the film relevant for both my family and for a public audience. I hope the film might have some appeal to everyone from rail enthusiasts to grade school Social Studies teachers.

The film is 30 minutes long.

It was filmed with a Canon HV-20 camera. Various archival footage was taken from archive.org and youtube. The film was edited using Final Cut Studio.

In October 2008, my Grandpa and I traveled from Glentworth, Saskatchewan to New York City. This film documents the places and some of the many stories my Grandpa told throughout the journey.