Event
Films that Transform: In Dialogue with Others on the Journey
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 19:00to21:00
Arts Building
853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G5, CA
Join McGill Medical Faculty and friends in viewing and discussing remarkable films that challenge, shed light, empower and encourage us to explore the meaning of healing and “wellness” in the context of conflict and illness.
The Necessities of Life (2008)
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent.
Tickets are $10 each ($5 for students & seniors). For information & reservations: tel.: 514-398-2298; angelica.todireanu [at] mcgill.ca.