Four films will be screened at Brock this month as part of the Sixties Fest Film Series.

The series covers films representative of 1960s Canada. The films will be introduced by professors in Communication, Popular Culture and Film. Screenings are as follows:

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, WH204
Entre la mer et l’eau douce (Michel Brault, 1967).
Quebec’s youth, and Canadian cinema, enjoy their own “quiet revolution” in this feature.
Introduction: Scott Henderson, associate professor

Thursday, Oct. 21, 12 noon to 2 p.m., WH327 (three films)
Sex ed meets art cinema in Phoebe: The Story of a Premarital Pregnancy and The Game, George Kaczenders’s classic National Film Board films about the pressures, anxieties and perils of coming-of-age in 1960s Canada. The Invention of the Adolescent offers a history of coming-of-age, culminating with attention to specific concerns of the 1960s.
Introduction: Christie Milliken, assistant professor

Tuesday, Oct. 26, 12 noon to 2 p.m., AS217
High (Larry Kent, 1967).
Originally banned in Ontario, this film is a vision of the violent underside of the ’60s drug and youth counterculture.
Introduction: Barry Grant, professor

Thursday, Oct. 28, 2 to 4 p.m., TH254
The Devil’s Toy (Claude Jutra) presents teenage skateboarders as a challenge to city authorities. Notes on a Film about Donna and Gail is a follow-up to the classic Nobody Waved Goodbye, depicting a man’s frustrated attempts to understand the friendship between two female acquaintances.
Introduction: Jim Leach, professor and director of the Interdisciplinary MA in Popular Culture

The series leads up to the 24th annual Two Days of Canada Conference, which will be at Brock on Nov. 4 and 5. For more information, visit brocku.ca/2dc