Test 2: Movies

Question 1

Light Bulb Conspiracy

Answer 1

• reduced life span of incandescent light bulb
• Planned Obsolescence: desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary
• waste was piling up:illegal dumps in the Third World
• until consumers started rebelling

Question 2

The One Percent

Answer 2

tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half the wealth of the U.S.

• this wealth in the hands of so few people is a danger to our very way of life
• personal interviews
• reveals how the super-rich work to preserve their own monetary dominance.
• gets rare access to an exclusive wealth conference at which the über rich learn strategies for preserving their fortunes

Question 3

Between: Living in the Hyphen

Answer 3

• examines cultural identity in Canada
• discuss their approach to navigating the divide between their multiple backgrounds and their personal struggles with the perceptions and expectations of society
• examines what it means to have a background of mixed ancestries that cannot be easily categorized

Question 4

Between: Living in the Hyphen

Answer 4

-By focusing on seven Canadian individuals who have one parent from a European background and one of a visible minority, she attempts to get at the root of what it means to be multiethnic in a world that wants each person to fit into a single category. Finding a satisfactory frame of reference in our ‘multicultural utopia’ turns out to be more complex than one might think. offers a provocative glimpse of what the future holds: a departure from hyphenated names towards a celebration of fluidity and being mixed