The University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Student Union is putting on a remarkable screening of Les Blank's documentary on the film industry Burden of Dreams (1982). As always, the screening is absolutely free but to ensure seating please arrive early! The location is Innis College's Town Hall at the corner or St. George and Sussex.

Les Blank's "Burden of Dreams" is one of the most remarkable documentaries ever made about the making of a movie. There are at least two reasons for that. One is that the movie being made, Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo," involved some of the most torturous and dangerous on-location shooting experiences in film history. The other is that the documentary is by Les Blank, himself a brilliant filmmaker, who is unafraid to ask difficult questions and portray Herzog, warts and all.