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Tyler Brett, Almost Paradise
(2025)
Almost Paradise On Treaty 6 Territories: PART 1, The Farm (We've Only Just Begun)
3:12 minute video.
​We've Only Just Begun recorded by The Carpenters, 1970. Songwriter(s) Paul H. Williams (lyrics) & Roger Nichols (music). Instrumental backing track by DJ Chuski. Grain farms and farming shot on location on Treaty 6 territory (traditional territories of the Cree, Dene, Nakota, Saulteaux, and Ojibwe and the homeland of the Métis Nation near Totzke Saskatchewan and at the Koob family farm near Bruno Saskatchewan while in the employ of Neil Manderscheid Construction services. Bruno Volunteer Fire Department demonstration and motorcycle stunt work shot on location adjacent to the Schmeiser family farm at the Bruno Show and Shine car and tractor show, Bruno Sports Grounds, 2011.
Almost Paradise On Treaty 6 Territories: PART 2 , The Midway (True)
4 minute video.
True recorded by Spandau Ballet, 1983. Songwriter Gary Kemp (music) & (lyrics). Instrumental backing track by Sing King. West Coast Amusements midway shot on location at the Humboldt Summer Sizzler agricultural fair, Humboldt SK, 2011 on Treaty 6 territory (traditional lands of the Cree, Dene, Nakota, Saulteaux, and Ojibwe and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
Almost Paradise On Treaty 6 Territories: PART 3, The Derby (Almost Paradise)
8 minute video.
Almost Paradise love theme from the movie Footloose performed by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson, 1984. Songwriter(s) Eric Carmen (music) & Dean Pitchford (lyrics). Instrumental backing track by Theo's Music. Demolition derby shot on location at the Humboldt Summer Sizzler agricultural fair, Humboldt SK, 2011 on Treaty 6 territory (traditional lands of the Cree, Dene, Nakota, Saulteaux, and Ojibwe and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
​​For further reading:
Williams, Billy, "Demolition Derby, Working-Class Identity, and Capitalist Geographies" (2023). Journal of Working-Class Studies, Vol 8 Issue 1, June 2023.
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Sheppard, Haley, "Art/Place Making in a Settler Colonial Context: A Critical Place Inquiry on the Haldimand Tract/Kitchener-Waterloo From a White Settler Perspective" (2025). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). 2750. Open access by Scholars Commons @ Laurier.
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