Lesson plan
Sin Cycle
Sin Cycle is a Canadian short film, directed by Jack Cocker and Ben Famiglietti and released in 1996. Made as a student project for the film studies program at Queen's University, the film centres on a young man who is doing his laundry at a laundromat, and becomes disillusioned when he unexpectedly meets the actor who portrayed his favourite childhood television character, Mr. Rex, out of costume. The film premiered on April 29, 1996, at a year-end screening of Queen's student short films. It was later screened at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury.
Article summary
Sin Cycle is a Canadian short film, directed by Jack Cocker and Ben Famiglietti and released in 1996. Made as a student project for the film studies program at Queen's University, the film centres on a young man who is doing his laundry at a laundromat, and becomes disillusioned when he unexpectedly meets the actor who portrayed his favourite childhood television character, Mr. Rex, out of costume. The film premiered on April 29, 1996, at a year-end screening of Queen's student short films. It was later screened at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury.
Key claims
- release date: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the release date is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356987964
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