Film Screening: Sons FULL
Date: Nov 8
7:00 pm
- 9:00 pm
Where: Theatre
Film
How do we teach our boys to become better men?
Set against the backdrop of his son’s first five years of life—from cooing infant to hurricane of a boy—filmmaker Justin Simms looks at modern masculinity through the lens of fatherhood as he asks an increasingly urgent question: How do we teach our boys to be better men?
There will be a Q&A with Justin Simms and Hasan Hai after the film.
This is a free event but a ticket is required. Please reserve your free ticket online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the Filmmaker
Justin Simms is a Newfoundland and Labrador filmmaker. His first feature film, Down to the Dirt, received the best Atlantic feature and best screenplay awards at the Atlantic Film Festival. His feature film adaptation Away from Everywhere (2016), based on the Chad Pelley novel of the same name, had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as part of Telefilm Canada’s Perspectives Canada program. His non-fiction credits include Hard Light (2011), Danny (2014) and the short Hand.Line.Cod (2016), which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Presented by The Rooms, Nickel Film Festival, and the National Film Board of Canada
Events & Programs
Winter may be here, but there’s no need to stay home! Join us at The Rooms to exercise and socialize during this colder and drearier time of year.
While strolling throughout the building and enjoying both the exhibits and the views, participants may focus on a different theme from our collection each week. After our stroll, staff will lead a brief discussion on the weekly theme, and then everyone is encouraged to stay and socialize with friends new and old.
No registration is needed. Included with the cost of admission ($7.80 plus HST for seniors). Free for Rooms Members.
Please wear or bring appropriate shoes.
For further information, please contact catherineoneill@therooms.ca
In Historical Pursuit of Armine Nutting Gosling, Her Life and Achievements as the Newfoundland Women's Suffrage Leader
Though she did not act alone, and had able women surrounding her, Armine Nutting Gosling was the respected leader of the women's suffrage movement in Newfoundland.
What have been the challenges in reconstructing her life? How did she develop her progressive vision of what votes for women might accomplish? Why does she deserve to be honored and remembered with a statue on the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage? Join Dr. Margot Duley to find out more about Armine Nutting Gosling and her accomplishments.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms Members. Get your tickets online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the speaker:
Author, Dr. Margot Duley has written extensively about the history of women’s movements, particularly in India, the United States and Newfoundland, and international women’s alliances. She is co-editor and contributor to the Cross-Cultural Study of Women, and author of Where Once Our Mothers Stood We Stand: Women’s Suffrage in Newfoundland 1890-1925