BEING DIFFERENT, the Canadien National Film Board Classic, recently revived at the HotDocs Film Festival, is available from IndiePix!
Being Different is a powerful image of passion and conformity whose message and impact carry far beyond it's brief story. Emerging from a small network of Canadien, women filmakers in the 1950's, it is referred to as a "trigger film", a short, open-ended docudrama designed to spark discussion. This short, poignant slice of life studies the masculine, adolescent world through the eyes of 13 year old George, a clever boy and an avid butterfly collector. He loves his hobby and the friends he has made through it, but when his jock, paper boy peers fiercely taunt him for his pursuits, he feels the mounting peer pressure to abandon his passion in order to belong. Forced to choose between hockey and butterflies, George embodies the universal struggle we all face to define ourselves.
More than simply a coming of age tale, BEING DIFFERENT is a classic peice of Canadien film history.
