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!
