Event

Neuro Film Series - "Remember the Titans"

Thursday, April 7, 2011 18:30to20:30
Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA

The Neuro’s next film is “Remember the Titans”.  The setting is suburban Virginia where schools have been segregated for generations, in sight of the Washington Monument over the river in the nation's capital. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. Williams High School under federal mandate to integrate. The year (1971) is seen through the eyes of the football team where the man hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the highly successful white coach. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the adults learn to depend on and trust each other.

Remember the Titans will be hosted by one of the Neuro’s own.  Physician and Director of the ALS and Clinical Research Unit, Angela Genge is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. Although her interests in neurology focused on neuromuscular disease, she continues working with the CRU as its Director and has brought in clinical trials in more neuromuscular disorders such as ALS, Myopathies, Neuropathies, Myasthenia Gravis and pain. Dr. Genge was Tony Proudfoot’s (All-Star defensive back in the Canadian Football League) physician throughout his struggle with ALS disease.  

Neuro Movie Nights are free and snacks can be purchased (including wraps and popcorn!).

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