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 premieres January 20 on nfb.ca and the NFB's streaming platform for smart TVs.
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.
Community screenings
The NFB will also present Sons at community screenings in Toronto and Vancouver supported by Next Gen Men, a Canadian nonprofit dedicated to creating a future where boys and men experience less pain and cause less harm by changing how the world sees, acts and thinks about masculinity.
- Saturday, January 18, at 2 p.m., The Cinematheque, Vancouver
- Followed by a discussion with Next Gen Men executive director Jake Stika
- Ticket link
- Thursday, January 23, at 7 p.m., CSI Spadina, suite 101, Toronto
- Followed by a discussion with Justin Simms and Next Gen Men director of programs Jonathon Reed
- Ticket link
More about the film
Produced by Liz Cowie and Rohan Fernando
Executive producers: Rohan Fernando, Annette Clarke, Nathalie Cloutier and John Christou
