Driving into DRIFF

On the third Thursday in June, July and August behind the Whitby Municipal Building at dusk, we screened acclaimed films from great Canadian filmmakers. Shifting the Narrative paired three acclaimed feature films with short films by emerging Canadian directors.

SCREENING LOCATION: 575 ROSSLAND RD. E., WHITBY

SCREENING DATES: JUNE 16 | JULY 21 | AUGUST 18

the films:

 

BEANS

FOLLOWING THE SHORT FILM: ‘THIS INK RUNS DEEP

SCREENED JUNE 16, 2022

Inspired by true events, ‘Beans’ is about a Mohawk girl on the cusp of adolescence who must grow up fast and become her own kind of warrior during the armed stand-off known as the 1990 Oka Crisis.

Learn more about the film and watch the trailer!

AKILLA’S ESCAPE

FOLLOWING THE SHORT FILM: ‘WE WENT OUT

SCREENED JULY 21, 2022

Akilla Brown (played by Saul Williams) captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.

Learn more about the film and watch the trailer!

SLEEPING GIANT

FOLLOWING THE PREMIERE OF THE SHORT FILM: ‘HEAP

SCREENED AUGUST 18, 2022

While spending the summer in cottage country on the shores of Lake Superior, three teens overcome boredom with debauchery and reckless cliff jumping. The revelation of a hurtful secret triggers Adam to set in motion a series of irreversible events that test the bonds of friendship and change the boys forever.

Learn more about the film and watch the trailer!