Free Screening: We Will Be Brave // An event about healing masculinity

Join us for this free documentary film screening at cSpace Marda Loop on Thurs, Nov 14. There will be an audience talkback with director Chrisann Hessing, film protagonist Julian Diego of the Good Guise, and other panelists! 

Event schedule

6:30pm - Doors open
7:00pm - Film starts
8:15pm - Panel discussion

From photography and beatboxing to poetry and martial arts, the "Good Guise" collective sparks conversations around healthy masculinity through art. They welcome others to join in their mission of finding radical alternatives to shame and punishment for men who have harmed, or been harmed. How can a group of racialised men confront their privilege and power, while also honouring the hurt that society punishes them for feeling? How can we move away from punishment towards healing? 

We Will Be Brave talks about men's mental health in a way that is honest, vulnerable, timely and very rarely seen on screen. Explorations around what masculinity is, and re-evaluations of what it could be are intertwined with revelations about the unique mental health challenges faced by men of colour, who are often sidelined or exclusively villainized in these conversations.

This screening is made possible with the support of the Ontario Arts Council.

With thanks to our partners:

• Art Not Shame
• Guelph Film Festival

Our panelists

CHRISANN HESSING - Writer, Director, Producer
Chrisann Hessing is a documentary filmmaker and impact producer based in Toronto. She has produced award-winning short films that have screened at Hot Docs, RIDM, Global Impact Film Festival and the London Asian Film Festival. Her work has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, Inspirit Foundation, BravoFACT! Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent and Telefilm Canada. Chrisann’s latest film, Turning Tables, won Best Short Documentary at the 43rd American Indian Film Festival, and has screened in over 30 film festivals internationally. In 2020, Chrisann was selected as one of Reelworld's Emerging 20 and named Talent to Watch by Telefilm Canada.

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