The Rise of Jordan Peterson
Saturday, February 29, at 10:00 am in Erskine (Dance Studio) Sunday, March 1, at 10:00 am in Vesuvius (N205)

Date
January 24, 2020
About Project
DIRECTOR
Patricia Marcoccia
COUNTRY
Canada
RUNNING TIME
90 mins
YEAR
2019
LANGUAGE
English
ABOUT THE FILM
University of Toronto psychology professor and bestselling self-help author Jordan Peterson went viral in 2016 with controversial YouTube videos lambasting political correctness – particularly regarding the use of preferred personal pronouns – provoking both righteous furor and cultish adulation. Dismissed by critics – who resort to draconian tactics to silence him – as a dangerous demagogue flirting with the alt-right, Peterson has become a somewhat reluctant messiah, appealing primarily to disaffected young men who see him as a heroic truth-teller and a motivational guru. This balanced, thought-provoking examination of a depressive and argumentative iconoclast explores the private side of a very polarizing public figure.