The Great Canadian Puberty Rite (1974)

Mary Stephen · 21 min · Letterboxd ↗

This lyrical film diary chronicles a westward “pilgrimage” Stephen made, together with her partner John Cressey, at the end of her studies in Montreal, in the summer of ’74. As she contemplates the impetus for the journey, her camera surveys a variety of side-of-the-road attractions, snowy mountain vistas, and grassy knolls studded with cheerful fellow roadtrippers.

The Great Canadian Puberty Rite screens once in London: ICA, Saturday 26 September at 20:20.