MONTREAL — Focus Montreal introduces Montrealers to people who are shaping our community, bringing their stories into focus.
It airs on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and at midnight.
Take a look at who we’re meeting this week on Focus Montreal:
‘Ninth Floor’
Ninth Floor tells the story of the biggest student uprising in Canadian history through the eyes of the main players in the event.
In 1969 students occupied the computer labs on the 9th floor of the downtown Hall Building of what was then Sir George Williams University.
The occupation began out of frustration with the administration’s slow action when six Caribbean students accused a lecturer of racism.
It ended in violence and chaos when riot police stormed the building and the computer lab was set on fire.
With this film, the National Film Board of Canada and filmmaker Mina Shum, investigate a defining moment in Canadian race relations and student politics.
Shum, who wrote and directed the documentary, dropped by Focus Montreal studios in company of Ninth Floor’s producer, Selwyn Jacob.
‘Hairspray the Musical’
In 2015, the Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society, won the Montreal English Theatre Award for outstanding community theatre, for its production of the Broadway hit musical, Hairspray.
Now the show is back by popular demand and is being remounted at the Centaur Theatre from Jan. 21 to Jan. 24.
Mitchell Brownstein, the show’s producer and the man who plays Wilmur Turnblad, was accompanied by Alisha Ruiss who performs as the deplorable Velma Von Tussle, to discuss the upcoming shows.
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CEGEP students are stressed out: report
A study of more than 12,000 students from eight Quebec CEGEPs indicates our teenagers are extremely stressed out.
While 17 per cent of students said they lived with severe psychological stress at various times in their CEGEP life, 35 per cent of students reported feeling anxiety all the time.
Global News senior anchor Jamie Orchard sat down with Dawson College psychologist, Kelly Ann Morel, to talk about why this is happening and whether these numbers are surprising.
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