The Weight of Elephants
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 – 7:30pm
New Zealand/Denmark/Sweden 2013. Dir: Daniel Joseph Borgman. 87 min. DCP
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Karin Holland Biggs
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Premiered in both the Forum and Generation sections of the Berlin IFF, this worthy addition to the coming-of-age genre is the assured, poetic feature debut of New Zealand-raised, Denmark-based writer-director Borgman.
A powerful and timely documentary about the victims of schoolyard persecution, the emergence of a grassroots anti-bullying movement, and the possibility of change.