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Training Rules
Royal Ontario MuseumFri May 22 5:00pm
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| This program has 4 FILMS. | |
Training Rules
Rene Portland enforced three rules during her 26 years coaching basketball at Penn State University-no drinking, no drugs and no lesbians.Narrated by international swimming great Diana Nyad, Training Rules examines how a wealthy athletic department, enabled by the silence of a complacent university, allowed talented athletes, thought to be gay, to be dismissed from their college team.
In 2006, student athlete Jennifer Harris, with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, filed charges against Portland and Penn State for discrimination based on sexual orientation. The lawsuit inspired others whose lives were shattered during Coach Portland's reign to come forward. Their stories, explored in this heartfelt documentary by Academy Award nominee Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker, expose both the damage inflicted by Portland and the triumphs of the women she sought to destroy.
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Language: English
A Reason to Ride
Each July, the Friends For Life Bike Rally inspires hundreds of cyclists to take to the road for six incredible days cycling from Toronto to Montreal in support of Toronto People With AIDS Foundation. The journey to Montreal is punctuated with moments of sorrow, laughter and inspiration. Some participants ride to deal with loss and others ride for a challenge, each rider eventually discovering that the journey is personal as well as physical.THIS PROGRAM IS RATED PG
Language: English