Film & Lunch

Our monthly Film & Lunch events focuses on Canadian history and culture. After watching the films we discuss what we saw and then enjoy a home-cooked meal (truly dee-lish; thanks Jan!). Celiac-friendly and vegan-friendly options are available. Come for just the films, or just the lunch, or for both!

When: Third Thursday of each month; films at 10:30 am, lunch at 11:45
Where: Bonnie Doon Community Hall, 9240 93 Street
Cost: Films are free, lunch is $5

April 20, 2023, we will present

• Listen to the Prairies. A short documentary that follows Manitoba's annual Musical Festival, profiling several of the young people whose talents made the festival a leading event in the Canada of the mid-20th century.
• The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones, This amusing short animation tells of a polite and timid young minister with a major shortcoming: he just cannot bring himself to say goodbye, and this causes him great grief and considerable consternation. Based on the Stephen Leacock short story, the film is set to toe-tapping ragtime music.
  
• French Enough. At her family’s cabin on Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan, renowned Fransaskois singer-songwriter Alexis Normand invites audiences into a series of candid exchanges about belonging and bilingualism on the Prairies. As parents, children and grandchildren sing, play and celebrate, in both French and English, the act of carrying a language forward finally becomes a thing of freedom and joy.

Many attendees are seniors but all ages are welcome, from any community.

Our films come from the NFB, Canada's National Film Board.

The hall is wheelchair accessible.

For more information, please call John, 780-318-4868, or write to him, seniors@bonniedoon.ca.