![]() ![]() ![]() He added that CAFE will launch a funding campaign for a centre for men and families in Ottawa at Sunday's screening, emphasizing that there's a shortage of male-specific services of that nature. Justin Trottier, co-founder of CAFE, said the message of the documentary is that "all human beings have issues - men have issues and women have issues and that what we really need to do is stop polarizing this debate and find common ground." The screening of The Red Pill i n Ottawa was organized by the Can adian Association for Equality (CAFE), a men's issues group that has also planned s howing s in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. (The Red Pill) Centre for men planned in Ottawa The film was scheduled to be screened at the Mayfair Theatre on Sunday but was cancelled. "You have to see the film to see why," she said.Īn image from the extended trailer of The Red Pill, a controversial documentary on the men's rights movement. She said she used to call herself a feminist but has shed the label - even though she remains an advocate for women. ![]() So that was what was really challenging me during filming - my sexism, I guess, toward men's issues," she told CBC News, adding that her own struggle became part of the documentary. "I've noticed that most of us are very quick to laugh and scoff at men's issues but if the genders were reversed that would be hateful, hate speech, sexist, misogynist. She found that the movement includes advocacy for fathers rights, male victims of domestic violence and male victims of sexual abuse, as well as discussions about male suicide rates, boys falling behind in school and men as more "disposable" than women. She initially thought members of the group would fall into the categories of "rape apologists" or "victim blamers" but said she soon began questioning her own beliefs. An intimate look at domestic abuse in CanadaĪmerican filmmaker Cassie Jaye said she was researching rape culture for her next documentary subject when she came across the men's right movement.Domestic violence against men target of controversial campaign.Theatre co-owner and programmer Lee Demarbre said long-time patrons and a sponsor threatened to stop doing business with the Ottawa venue if the film screening went ahead. The controversial men's rights documentary The Red Pill will be screened at Ottawa City Hall on Sunday after the Mayfair Theatre cancelled its scheduled showing over complaints. ![]()
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