History Department Goes to Reelout

On February 2, the Department of History will be the community sponsor of a film screening at , Kingston카지노 게임 컬렉션�s annual queer film festival, now in its twenty-sixth year. The featured film is , directed by David Secter. Made in 1965, the student production, filmed on the snow-covered campus of the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto, explores the relationship between two undergrad students, Doug, a well-liked senior with an equally popular girlfriend, and Peter, a shy freshman. Produced in the period before the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada, Winter Kept Us Warm is considered the first Canadian film to explore a gay romance and became the first dramatic feature from Canada to show at Cannes. The film is the subject of , published by McGill-Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in their 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Queer Film Classics카지노 게임 컬렉션� series. Students in Steven Maynard카지노 게임 컬렉션�s course, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�The History of Sexuality in Canada,카지노 게임 컬렉션� are writing papers on the film and the book. Steven will moderate a conversation between Dupuis and Secter as part of the screening. Winter Kept Us Warm will be presented on February 2, 4pm, at the Screening Room, 120 Princess Street.