The First Weekend Club's monthly screening at District 319 is a pretty awesome way to spend a Thursday night. In addition to an attractive crowd, live music, nibbles and ambience, your $15 ticket also comes with wine and the warm feeling that you are giving a boost to a deserving Canadian film that is needing all the bums-in-seats it can get for that all-important opening weekend. Tonight's feature is particularly compelling because it features bunnies.
Bunny. Photo by John Biehler.
From Academy Award-winning documentarian Brigitte Berman comes Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist and Rebel, opening in Vancouver on August 27th. But if you go to see it tonight, not only will you get to see a compelling look at the textured life of an American pioneer (I saw the film at Whistler and did enjoy it) but you, too, will get to see the bunnies. Many, many bunnies.
The Official Word:
"Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel" takes an intimate look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire.
When Hefner launched Playboy magazine in 1953, he became a champion of the sexual revolution and, immediately, the forces of Church and State initiated a war against him that raged over the decades. Hefner is revealed both as a hedonistic playboy, but, more importantly, as the man who’s been a groundbreaking advocate and catalyst for civil rights, the First Amendment, and human rights.
With humour and insight, the film captures Hefner’s fierce battles with the government, the religious right, and militant feminists. Compelling interviews with a remarkable Who’s Who of the decades, and rare footage, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the life of an extraordinary man and the controversies that surrounded him."
Thursday, August 19th
District 319 (319 Main Street, Vancouver)
6:30 PM: Pre-show celebration and wine reception (complimentary glass of wine) with live music by the After Hours Band.
7:30 PM: Film screening followed by a post-screening discussion moderated by Mackenzie Gray.
Cost: $15 through PayPal or at 604-983-5373.
