It'd be easy to talk about a Canadian-sponsored film festival and slip in the requisite Take off, hoser and Drink more Molson, eh? comments, à la toque-wearing Bob and Doug McKenzie. But while we might chortle and giggle like a third-grader over a fart joke, the fleeting laughter's over in about 10 seconds. Juvenile and amusing? Yes. Cinematic and inspirational? Not so much.
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So we'll go with inspired, which we are by Arizona native and paraplegic Darol Kubaczs determination in Uhuru Ascent: Into Thin Air. Inspired by the Swahili word for freedom, the flick chronicles a trek to conquer Mount Kilimanjaros highest point by a group of disabled veterans and civilians, a task so arduous that it had never before been successfully completed.
Sat., March 29, 5 p.m., 2008