How do we teach our boys to become better men?
Newfoundland director Justin Simms tries to answer this vital question throughout his National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary Sons, which will have its world premiere in St. John's on November 8, followed by community screenings in Clarenville (Nov. 20) and Bonavista (Nov. 21).
Set against the backdrop of his son's first five years of life-from cooing infant to hurricane of a boy-Simms looks at modern masculinity through the lens of fatherhood in his deeply personal 70-minute documentary.
"I began to be haunted by the question, How do we lose so many of our boys to the dark side of masculinity? And perhaps a more important question: What can I do as a father to better model the kind of behaviour and empathetic worldview that I so wish for Jude and his cohort to absorb?" Simms explains.
Screening schedule
- World premiere
The Rooms, November 8 at 7 p.m.
9 Bonaventure Avenue, St. John's
Followed by Q&A with the director
In partnership with the Nickel Independent Film Festival
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Clarenville Twin Cinemas, November 20 at 8 p.m.
46 Tilleys Road, Clarenville
In partnership with the Clarenville Heritage Society
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Garrick Theatre, November 21 at 7 p.m.
16-20 Church Street, Bonavista
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