Closing Film:
WARRENDALE
Dir. Allan King | Canada 1967 | 100min.
IN PERSON: DIRECTOR ALLAN KING
As explosive today as when it was released thirty years ago, Warrendale is a masterpiece of cinéma vérité. Considered one the world's great modern documentaries, this internationally renowned film chronicles seven weeks in the lives of twelve emotionally disturbed children in the treatment centre of the same name. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, who commissioned the film in 1966, refused to air it. Although it was released theatrically to huge international acclaim, it was banned from television for thirty years until TVOntario screened it in early 1997.
"The negative reactions this film has stirred up in some quarters demonstrated the adult world's dread of the open expression of childhood distress and the anguish that lies behind delinquency and emotional illness. It goes some way towards explaining why so many of our approved schools and schools for maladjusted children frame themselves around a system of control and suppression which hides from the adult, and from the child himself, the shattering impact of inward confusion and panic and feelings in the raw. 'Warrendale' does not spare the adult. It shows what it feels like to hate and be hated." (The Observer)
Join us for a post-screening reception at The Delta Winnipeg, free admission with ticket.
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Allan King was born in Vancouver. He was a pioneer of the cinéma-vérité documentary style, developing the genre of "actuality dramas" with such widely acclaimed films as the long-banned-from-television Warrendale (1968), A Married Couple (1970), Who's In Charge? (1983), The Dragon's Egg (1999) and Dying at Grace (2004). He has also directed many films for television and dramatic features including Who Has Seen the Wind (1977) and Termini Station (1989). Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and company (2005) is his most recent film. Mr. King was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2002, and we are extremely proud to present Warrendale at the conference with Mr. King in attendance.
