The Toronto Undeground Cinema was host to a politically charged punk rock documentary in their third-annual Moving Images Festival. Corporate vs. independent and the political debate between both; should artists have to conform to the censorship of large corporations, or should they simply make their own independent label? This was the topic discussed in the two-hour documentary, Sounds Like a Revolution. Tailing the lives of independent artists such as Fat Mike, Tom Morello, Michael Franti and Anti-Flag, viewers were given their perspectives on the corporate America music scene. The footage seemed a little dated, but it made a clear point, on numerous occasions, the loss of freedom of expression through the eyes of these independent artists. Their rise of activism and their steep fall on the music charts. With a background in Political Science and a passion for film making, Ontario born Summer Preney (Love) created this bureaucratic documentary. She got a force of enthusiastic film makers and activists who now go by the name, Deltatime Productions. That being said Preney touched on the subject of 9/11 and how it had affected the music scene. How the Dixie Chicks were blacklisted for standing up for their political views and much more. I would have to say the Preney made me think about how the music scene here in Canada is also affected by corporate America. Many Canadian artists sign with American Corporations and are used as clay and molded to what Sony or Epic Records believes will sell the most. I would have like to hear from a major recording artists, the Dixie Chicks perhaps or a large corporation and gotten their perspective on the issue, even if they refused to comment, perhaps that put into the mix to shake things up and make it not so independent. However, that being said there was a lot of information thrown at me and I walked out of the theatre mulling things over in my head and wondering how my music choices have affected the music scene. rachelmchollister.wordpress.com