REACH is co-hosting with the Tom Thomson Art Gallery and TIFF a special screening of the film The Peanut Butter Falcon on March 5 at 7pm at the Roxy.

In The Peanut Butter Falcon, Zak (Zack Gottsagen) is a young man with Down syndrome. Because he has no family, he's forced to live in a retirement home, under the care of Eleanor (Dakota Johnson). One night, Zak escapes with the help of his roommate, Carl (Bruce Dern). Meanwhile, Tyler (Shia LaBeouf) is an outlaw North Carolina fisherman who's alone after his brother's death and so broke that he resorts to stealing crabs from others' traps. When Tyler angers two local crabbers (John Hawkes and Yelawolf), he goes on the run, with Zak quietly hidden in the bottom of his boat. As the pair make their way from North Carolina to Florida -- to the wrestling school Zak dreams of attending -- they slowly become friends. When a frantic Eleanor catches up to them, she has a tough choice to make: take Zak back, or let him keep pursuing his dream.

There is a great back story to how Shia faced his demons, thanks to working with the star of the film, Zack.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/shia-labeouf-on-peanut-butter-falcon-i-walked-out-of-this-project-a-changed-person-1203289688/

The Peanut Butter Falcon was shown briefly in Toronto during the film festival, but there is currently no Canadian release date.

Take a peek at the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNl9RqjLCwc

All proceeds from the film screening wiill suppport the REACH Centre program.

Tickets just went on sale and available at https://tickets.roxytheatre.ca/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent1434.html

source: media release, REACH