Event

National Canadian Film Day: Wildhood (2021)

This award-winning Canadian film is currently only available over streaming, so NVDPL is thrilled to have the opportunity to screen this important and moving film at the library.
 
Two-spirit Mi’kmaw teenager Link is just discovering — and asserting — his sexuality when his already volatile home life goes off the rails. His abusive father explodes after the cops bust Link and his half-brother Travis for stealing scrap metal. When he finds out that his supposedly dead mother may be alive, Link flees with Travis in tow. Sparks fly in a chance encounter with teen drifter Pasmay, who shares Link’s Indigenous roots and offers to help find his mother — but will Link’s (well-founded) mistrust of people ruin his potential new relationship and the group’s mission? Riffing on the road-movie genre, director Bretten Hannam charts Link’s growing self-awareness, which is deeply connected to the (re)discovery of his heritage. The landscape (Annapolis Valley in traditional Mi’kmaq territory) offers succour to Link and Travis — and opens them up to a very different world.  While Link and Travis aren’t free from danger, heartbreak, or disappointment, their lives are increasingly defined by possibility and hope.
 
 
 
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Registration is optional, however seating will be first-come, first-served. Call 604-987-4471, ext. 8175 for information. 
 
 

Location: 

Capilano

Time: 

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Audience: 

  • Teens
  • Adults

Registration: